Jiang Qing

Enterprising imperial nations had been plundering China as early as the 16th century, desiring the silk, tea, and porcelain that China possessed. By the Age of Imperialism, China was too weak to repel the onslaught of European powers competing for her resources. Britain, France, Russia, and later Japan and other nations, vied with each other for control of China’s wealth. China had been so weakened by centuries of exploitation that European interlopers wrote their own rules and forced the…

Were Confucian values responsible for China’s failure to modernize? Yes, I believe that Confucian values were responsible for China’s failure to modernize. Confucian values were so deeply rooted in the Chinese systems that taking part in modernization proved to be difficult for people to accept let alone be a part of Confucian values instilled traditionalistic notions in the Chinese people such as virtue, proper behaviour, obedience, and more. It was China’s unrelenting choice to stay with…

Taking a Stand in History:Opium War Exchanging can be agreeable ,a mass of countries trade. But does it always function the way countries plan it?The answer is no! China and Britain had a conflict due to things not always working out the way it was agreed on. A lot of countries trade goods and that assists the country because they grant others what they need in exchange of what we need. China was an enormous part of this China helped for trade to be achievable. It was challenging a war called…

First of all Empress was “characterized as dictatorial, vicious, reactionary and at fault for the fall of the Qing dynasty”. She was not remembered as anything good. She was also “a remarkable woman”. Also, the traits in the first quote aren't really great traits to be the leader of China, or even a good trait of any sort of leader at all. Also, “her victims included…

How has Ancient and Imperial Chinese art changed between the Neolithic Period -1279AD? I will be examining how Chinese art has changed and developed from the Neolithic Period (Stone Age) up until the end of the Song Dynasty where an “age of high culture”(The Dynasties Of China, 2015) was coming to an end, and art became more westernised and less authentic. I will also briefly mention modern day Chinese art to show context. Whilst undergoing my research there were common, re-occurring themes…

The interpretation that we make to the world falls under the relationship between us and the system that we produce. The actual things that we saw in our eyes are influence through this process. I agree with the idea that Nelson Goodman quoted because ever since we are born, we are influenced and instilled the existing culture. In ancient China, emperors created the pyramid system to rule over people. When the children are born, they are directly influenced by the ideology that they must serve…

Emperor Qianlong recognizes the efforts made by King George III to send diplomatic mission. He is happy that the mission was sent on the anniversary of his birthday. In return for him being so nice, the emperor will meet with the embassy at a banquet with many gifts to give. He then goes on to talk about the conflict of trade with China. The request to trade conflicts with his dynasty and it isn’t able to be accommodated. He says that the Europeans were allowed to live at Peking but they had to…

So, an important role in the daily life of the emperor of China played numbers. Favorite number of Chinese rulers - nine, and in the Forbidden City can be found at every step. Nine was considered an imperial number because it is the last and largest number, followed by a dozen - the number of Heaven. In addition, nine in Chinese consonant with the word "eternal", and any emperor wanted to see if he is not, then at least his dynasty ruled until the end of time. And even if you count the number of…

The Self-Strengthening Movement, initiated during the late Qing dynasty and lasting from 1861 to 1895, was a movement which, in my opinion, effectively updated China’s educational system. For one thing, reformists such as Yung Wing, the first Chinese man to graduate from an American university, attempted to adopt…

Rachel Nunley September 29, 2014 Asian American Politics Elaine L. Chao Elaine L. Chao was born March 26, 1953 in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the oldest of 6 girls and held a lot of the responsibility in her family. She was daughter to Ruth Mulan Chu Chao and Dr. James S.C. Chao. Her mother was her historian and her father a merchant, mariner, business leader, and philanthropist. James Chao is a founder of a shipping, trading, and finance enterprise called Foremost Group. Her family moved to…