Qing Dynasty

I. Anti-Imperialist uprisings in China had torn the country apart and the Boxer Rebellion initiated a nationalist movement against the invasion of foreigners and foreign dogmas during the Qing Dynasty. This text detailed the intricate origins this rebellion with explicit detail and support for its claims of origin. While this rebellion ended in the defeat of Chinese rebels because of the intervention of the Great powers , it remains an important part of Chinese nationalistic history. The…

During the beginning of the 20th century, China had severe repercussions on its economy and social life, along with many natural disasters. The scatter of foreign and domestic policies across China, along with the defeat in the first Sino-Japanese War, eventually led to an uprising in China. During the rebellion there was an imbalance between social classes and power. Unfortunately, this created instability among the Chinese, leading to the 1911 revolution. Foreign influences in China were seen…

through its cultural and political imperialism, China has shaped a male dominant and male favored society. The Qing dynasty came into power during a time of rapid population growth and explained China’s borders to their greater extent. External and internal pressures such as foreign imperialism, the opium wars, peasant rebellions, and ethnic disputes led to the decline of the Qing dynasty. After a power struggle between the Nationalists and various warlords, the vast majority of the population,…

In the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911), many missionaries came to China with Western ideas following the invasion by Western powers such as British imperialists. Therefore, many Chinese students and intellectuals inevitably came into contact with Western techniques, religious ideas, and history. However, there always have been many differences between the original European ideas and the Chinese understanding of them. Under the hegemonic power of western civilization, Chinese scholar Kang Youwei…

Essay #2 The Worst Chinese Addiction Opium is a drug that, when smoked, can become extremely addictive. The Chinese people suffered immensely because of this terrible drug. Opium became, at the time, the single biggest problem for China as a nation, and somewhat surprisingly, Britain played a role in this epidemic. The British East India Company grew opium in their colonies in India. The British would drink opium in bottles, kind of like medicine; they would even give it to their…

In excerpts of Duncan MacPherson’s memoir of the First Opium War (April 1840-August 1842), Two Years in China, MacPherson describes the events of the war along with what he believed about China and its people. He justifies British actions in the Opium War and the British opium trade by claiming that describing Chinese people are inferior to the British. Other times, he compliments China, but possibly only for the purpose of justifying and promoting the opium trade. The memoir displays examples…

modernization of Japan. The Qing, who were the Chinese government of the time, was filled with social contradictions and corruption. It was only a matter of time before the Chinese empire would collapse. Recognizing China’s failing system, more than anything, Qiu wanted to serve her country. In 1905, following her year abroad, she traveled back to Shaoxing, China. Shortly after her return, Qiu joined an underground group known for their disdain of the Qing Dynasty. The rebel group was…

of both the opium wars and taiping rebellion the first opium war started in(1839-1842) with china trying to ban opium trading. not long after the first opium war the taiping rebellion(civil war) broke out in(1850-1864) in china. ought between qing dynasty and hong xiuquan, when china tried to seek persecution towards a christian sect known as god whispering society, in the middle of the taiping rebellion the second opium war broke out (1856-1860) due to the british wanting to extend trading…

Precis: Hevia in “Introduction” examines the way in which perspectives on imperialism in Asia and change in Imperial China gave changed from a traditional to more modern view, and plans to apply these changes to the encounter between the British and Chinese during the MaCartney Embassy. First off, Hevia cites events throughout twentieth-century history that have identified motivations of imperialism as more than economic but instead as aims to create social hegemony throughout a state. He also…

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 Western…