Nationalist Yearnings and the Modernization of China and Japan: The Importance of Economic Changes in Society to Revolution and Imperialism
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- The nationalists want for modernization
- Chinese defeats in the Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion
- Creation of zaibatsu in 1880
- Yamagata Aritomo's reforms: Lower classes brought in touch with samurai ethics
- The Japanese occupation of Manchuria
- Conclusion
- Works cited
Abstract
Western nations like Portugal or England did not simply encroach upon china's territory in the name of some abstract imperialist ideal. They had strong economic interest in the area, especially in keeping the tea trade alive. When diplomacy failed to win over the Chinese, military force was used to subdue them during the Opium War and Asia was rudely awakened to the power and political thought of the West. In china intellectuals blamed the country's downfall on the foreign origins of the Qing and believed that nationalism would unite the people and inspire them to rise to the challenge of foreign might. But it wasn't the Qing's foreignness which allowed Westerners to take over the country, there was a deeper problem of corruption and financial backwardness which would needed to be dealt with. The japanese had succeeded in rapidly modernizing by unifying their country under a national principle and creating a stable economy.
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