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War” Laszlo Montgomery’s podcast, The China History Podcast: “The Opium War” discusses the background, causes and effects of the First Opium War, which lasted from 1839 to 1842 and ended with the first of the “unequal treaties”, the Treaty of Nanjing, which forced China to cede Hong Kong and several harbors to the British Empire. The podcast has one speaker and is primarily informational with an informal tone. One event that Montgomery presented effectively was the involvement of Chinese…

The expansion of a powerful country into a weaker nation with the purpose of taking over, is known as Imperialism. During the fifteenth through nineteenth century, imperialism was at its peak, countries all over the world had the same goal, to take over weaker nations and gain political, social and economical power from them. The powerful country leaders did this for the well being of their countries and its people. But with that came the destruction of developing nations. Developing nations…

The First Opium War since 1839 until 1842 is otherwise called the Opium War and as the Anglo-Chinese War, this war was battled in the middle of Britain and China over their clashing perspectives on strategic relations, exchange, and the organization of equity for outside nationals. In the 17th and 18th hundreds of years, the interest for Chinese products especially silk, porcelain, and tea in the European business made an exchange unevenness on the grounds that the business sector for Western…

The American Dream varies between each individual. Everyone has a different goal that they would strive to achieve. Some may think the American dream is accomplishing great actions or events, such as obtaining a countless amount of money or living in a mansion. Another perspective is that others would want to get more out of life then what they have previously, such as not being homeless or being financially stable. The American dream can become a reality if the person can motivate themselves to…

The air smells like an airport smoking lounge. Harmful chemicals are entering the body and implanting life threatening diseases. In China, pollution levels are higher than the rest of the world combined. Factories producing toxic carcinogens into the environment is having a huge impact on Chinese citizens. This problem, created by humans, is absolutely necessary to resolve. The pollution will only continue to grow if no action is taken. To start, as the economy grows, the environment continues…

Q8. The Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion had several similarities between the two; on the other hand, they had a handful of differences. The main similarity the two shared was the fact that they were both violent uprisings located in China. Adding to this, they both used fighting in order to share their beliefs and disagreements with the way things were currently operating. The Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion had similar means when it came to the action that took part in…

other nations as being an accomplice and not just a witness, for not taking action or reason. All that the Japanese wanted was to rule and by “determined to destroy the city, the Japanese looted and burned at least one-third of Nanking’s buildings” (Nanjing Massacre). Their sole purpose was to conquer, but they did more than…

The history of mankind has always been the history of imperialism in myriad of its forms. In this context it must be said that the history of the modern world, to a large extent, is a history of European/Western expansion, colonization, and its decline. It is noteworthy that the expansionist policies that were implemented by the colonial powers eventually paved the way for the emergence of globalization and the decline of the process of colonialism made it possible for the emergence of…

Both Lady Zhuang and Chao Buwei took advantages of changing gender dynamics and the new opportunities afforded to women in China at the end of the 19th and early 20th century. They took risks, and forged lives for themselves, and left legacies that would be unimaginable for women just decades earlier. While both women unquestionably challenged traditional Chinese gender norms and expectations, overall I feel Chao Buwei represented a more radical break from Chinese gender relations because…

waste, fruit and vegetable garbage, yard waste, and organic waste by mechanical sorting. 10774BMunicipal waste collection started late in China, and the Ministry of Construction identified Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Nanjing, and Guilin as the MSW collection pilot cities in June 2000. In recent years, based on foreign experience and China 's independent research in actual situation, mechanical-anaerobic digestion technology has been preliminary applied; however, the…