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China Resists Outside Influence

China Resists Outside Influence. Events/Policies. Cause. Effects. Opium War. Chinese Defeat & Humiliation Opium trade continues Britain gets Hong Kong Chinese resentment of Foreigners. Britain’s Refusal to stop the Opium trade. Taiping Rebellion.

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China Resists Outside Influence

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  1. China ResistsOutside Influence

  2. Events/Policies • Cause • Effects

  3. Opium War • Chinese Defeat & Humiliation • Opium trade continues • Britain gets Hong Kong • Chinese resentment of Foreigners Britain’s Refusal to stop the Opium trade

  4. Taiping Rebellion • Unable to feed enormous population • Increased Opium use • Increased Poverty • Restoration of Qing Empire • 20 million died

  5. Self-strengthening Movement • Need to modernize Education & Military • Ability to produce it’s own Ammunition & Warships

  6. Open Door policy • Protection of American trading rights in China • Keeping China free from colonization • China’s weak military • Economic & Political problems • US fears that they would be shut out of Chinese colonization

  7. Open Door policy John Hay

  8. Boxer Rebellion

  9. Boxer Rebellion • Resentment of everything “Western” • Failure to effect reform • Increased Nationalism

  10. Explain why China was able to isolate itself from Western influence until the 19th Century • Advanced Culture • Economically Self-sufficient

  11. Extraterritorial Rights • The right to live in a foreign country, yet live under the laws of one’s home country and be tried in home courts.

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