1. The Opium War to the May Fourth Movement

2. Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 It was old! Outdated and hadn’t industrialized
Foreign policy relied on the tribute system
Modified mercantilism
Religious and culture diversity
Lead to strife and rebellion
Confined Europeans to ports in Guangzhou
China dictated trade and was still world’s largest economic power

3. The British import Chinese labor, raw materials, silk, tea, and porcelain.
The Chinese “import” British gold and silver reserves
How are the British going to reverse the flow of British money to China and create a F.B.o.T.?

4. What’s the gist of the cartoon?

5. GB sells opium  Abused by Chinese  War between GB and China  And the winner is?

6. Modernized Country vs. Traditional Country
The
Opium War
Who is going to win?
Why?
What is going to happen next?
Modernized Country vs. Traditional Country

7. Review of the Opium War 1839-1842
Causes
Effects
Trade imbalance
Opium is an addicting drug
Qing write GB to stop importation
Opium War breaks out
Smuggled in Opium
By million addicted. From 1729 to 1838 imports rose from 200 to 40,000 chests per year
GB refuse – why?
GB wins – why?

8. Treaty of Nanjing - 1842 British receive Hong Kong
Five trading ports open
Extraterritoriality
Opium trade continues
“Unequal Treaty”

9. 18421898
During the second half of the 19th century European exploitation continues unabated.

10. New foreign policies continue to exploit the Chinese
Sphere of Influence
Open Door Policy
Area where a nation controlled trade and investment
Japanese and European footholds
US attempt to keep China open
China’s borders open to merchants of all nations

11. What’s going on here. What are you looking at. Who is portrayed
What’s going on here? What are you looking at? Who is portrayed? What is the main idea?

12. – Adding Insult to Injury– Open Door Policy and Spheres of Influence

13. At this point in the story who is going to be upset with the status quo?

14. Boxer Rebellion: “Death to the foreign devils”
Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists
Nationalists attempt to kick out foreigners
Defeated by a multinational force
Qing remain weak and divided
Exploitation continues

16. Carnage of War
"The villages had been burned and looted by the allied columns, the people had fled from their homes... the banks of the Peiho were reeking with the stench from the floating bodies of dead Chinamen.“
- US Army General

17. Who is to blame now?
After the Boxer Rebellion Chinese lead a popular uprising against the Qing

18. 1911
Qing Dynasty ends
Poor Puyi!
Dr. Sun Yet San (Sun Yixian) forms the new Republic of China
“Three Principles of the People”
Nationalism
People’s rights (Democracy)
People’s livelihood (economy)

19. May Fourth Movement Attempt to eliminate old customs/ways from society
Outrage over Versailles Treaty and Japanese taking over German territory in China
Attempt to eliminate old customs/ways from society
Intellectual turning point
Rise of Communist thought

20. Student protests at the Temple of Heaven
A Government in Crisis – Post WWI (1917)
Ignored at T of V
Students revolt
Reject old customs and ways
Rise in revolutionary thought
Expulsion of literati
Rise of communist thought
Country devolving into two factions
What two groups are going to battle for power?
Student protests at the Temple of Heaven

21. The End…