HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fukuzawa Yukichi, Francesco Crispi, Boxer Protocol
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Main questions: why did the chinese empire lose its ability to control its interactions with the. Judging from their fear of the malays and javanese, a single. 400-tonel chip would certainly be able to lay waste to canton [a port city in china] , and china would hold the latter"s destruction as a great loss. Whoever is lord of [the chinese trading city of] canton and its environs has the entire 30 leagues around it in his hand . Of all the countries of the world this is the most easily subjugated to his majesty"s rule . Certainly [its conquest] would bring us more honor than the dominion of india. The foreigners have been aggressive towards us, infringed upon our territorial integrity, trampled our people under their feet. They oppress our people and blaspheme our gods. The common people suffer greatly at their hands, and each one of them is vengeful.
