HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: New World Crops, Rein, Lin Zexu
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Lecture 14: the age of western imperialism: china in decline [textbook: chapter 18] [note: * = most important for the next exam] Bannermen were no longer effective in war, but can"t be disbanded (they were too closely tried to. For the qing government, and emperor daoguang (ruled: 1821-1850), their response to the negative effects of population growth was a confucian response: China"s interactions with other countries occurred through the tributary state system. The traditional tributary states were used to china, had much in common with china (they shared chinese values), and therefore knew how to properly and effectively interact with china. Because of this china did not need a military against the tributary states, except for dealing with the nomads and european traders. The chinese policed the european traders, and did not give them free rein over cina, and were, therefore, able to control these foreigners in all cases. European trade with china (chinese goods that europe wanted):