HIST 3770 Lecture Notes - Chinese School, Charlie Soong, Homosociality
Document Summary
Rapid rise in population added pressure on the economy. Opium problem central to china"s encounter with the west. Britain was selling opium to the people of china (opium was cultivated in. India large amounts of silver were flowing out of china. Qings wanted to ban the frug, thus, british responded militarily. Leads to 1842 treaty & 100 years of humiliation for china. China was taken advantage of by western powers through several treaties that followed the one with britain. 100 years of humiliation ends with the rise of communism. To combat against the british, the chinese used western technology and policies in attempt to strengthen themselves. This threatened chine"s philosophical beliefs and text > confucianism > structures social life. A more practical way of thinking, development o schools to speak foreign languages, establishing foreign ministry. Qing dynasty attempts to make final reforms in education, with the military, railway, constitutional government too little too late!
