1. East Asia in the Age of Imperialism

2. China

3. The Opium Wars
By 1820’s, British were trading huge amounts of silver for Chinese tea, porcelain, and silk
British introduced opium to China as a silver substitute
China cracked down on this trade in 1839 (Canton System) leading to war with Britain
Treaty of Nanjing ended the war in 1842 and forced China to open more trade ports, pay for the war, cede Hong Kong to the British, etc.
Extraterritoriality
Most-favored nation status

4. China protests the carving up of its territory by imperialist powers-French cartoon

5. Chinese opium den

6. Chinese junks…no match for British warships

7. The British return Hong Kong to China in 1997

8. Chinese Unrest Taiping Rebellion Boxer Rebellion
Hong Xiuquan, “brother” of Jesus
20-30 million people died
Boxer Rebellion
Encouraged by Qing family
Expel the “foreign devils”
Sino-Japanese War (1895)
Over Korea
Weakness of Qing military

9. The Chinese Republic
China’s humiliation in the Taiping Rebellion, Sino-Japanese War, and Boxer Rebellion convinced many of the need for reform
Qing’s resistance to change caused many young Chinese to support the overthrow of the monarchy
Republic of China was established in 1912 ending 2K years of dynastic rule

10. Sun Yat-Sen-
First president of
the Republic of
China

11. Japan

12. The Meiji Restoration
Many Japanese were upset with the Shogun’s failure to resist Western pressure
Commodore Matthew Perry
Gunboat Diplomacy
Civil war broke out between the supporters of the emperor and supporters of the shogun
700 years of shogun rule came to an end when the Tokugawa were defeated in 1868
Meiji Restoration

13. Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito)

14. Modernization Feudal system was abolished
Army and navy were modernized
Program of industrialization began (zaibatsu)
Prime minister and parliament ran the country, emperor was a figurehead

15. Expansion
China ceded Taiwan and Korea to Japan following Sino-Japanese War ( )
Russo-Japanese War ( ) was 1st time an Asian power defeated a European one