Transcript China and the New Imperialism

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Opium War› Britain sold Opium a drug to Chinese
› Chinese Gov. outlaws the sale of opium
› Britain fights a war with China for the right to
sell opium
› China loses
China pays Britain an indemnity for losses
in war
 Britain gains extraterritoriality or right to
live under their own laws in China
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Qing dynasty was in
decline
› Lots of corruption
and abuses, bad
taxes
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Taiping Rebellion
was the worst
peasant uprising in
history 1850-1864
Lost Taiwan in SinoJapanese War
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Guang Xu tried to reform China with his
Hundred Days of Reform
› Tried to modernize laws
› Conservatives fought it and it failed
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Open Door Policy-policy to keep
Chinese trade open to everyone equally
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Boxer Uprising- 1899
group of martial
artists tried to kick
westerners out
› Failed uprising
› Forced China to do
more Western
reforms
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By the early 1900’s
reformers called for
a republic
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Sun Yixan-became
president of the New
Chinese republic
› Had his three
principals of the
people:
 Nationalism
 Democracy
 Economic security
(livelyhood)