HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Tongwen Guan, Zongli Yamen, Haiphong
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Lecture 15: the age of western imperialism: china in decline [textbook: chapter 18] The 19th century was the heyday of imperialism. A few countries imposed domination over large parts of the globe, primarily in asia but also in asia. The manchus responded to all of this with manchu reform movements. [note: * = most important for the next exam] *empress dowager cixi was the mother of and regent for emperor tongzhi. *were attempts by the court to save china from the west. Military officers sent to germany to study. 1862: interpreter"s school tongwen guan opens in peking; chinese students paid to learn english & 1872: 30 chinese teenage boy students were sent to the usa to study at hartford, conn. a total of 120 boys were sent from 1872-1881. The best of them were sent to europe for military and technical training. Only a few successful enterprises; china"s traditional economy remains largely unchanged.
