CGS SS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Westernization, May Fourth Movement, Sun Yat-Sen
12 Nov 2018
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Legacy of the opium wars and taiping rebellion. Western missionaries- conflicted against the educated and landowners. Decentralization - caused after new armies that were created to defeat the taiping. Armies fought for generals (landlords) instead of one nation. Warloads interfered over the dynasty"s control over the military. Rift between manchus and han- manchus were blamed for allowing foreigners enter the. Response by the qing dynasty- the restoration (1862-1874) This shows that china accepted the western concepts of international relations. Most important, tried to create a modern military technology and tried to modernize the. The restoration was an attempt to fix the problems of chinese government, not an attempt to change confucianism. Even though that chinese had more men and weapons than the. Chinese restorations did not work against japan and china had to recognize that korea is independent which means that japan can not only trade in korea but also move men into korea.
