HIS311Y1 Lecture Notes - Balkh, Kim Il-Sung, Mao Zedong
Document Summary
1790s trade btw china and pacific america. Mid 19th century fur trade with asia. As a result we don"t get very much trans oceanic content because pacific is very large. Had been converted into a hermit kingdom in the 17th century is not open to foreign contact. Immigrants flow from china and japan into the pacific america: cpr, opposition to asian labours. Late 19th century, chinese central authority was disintegrating. Was not a serious power back then in relation to canada and brit, china could not exert any influence at all. Canadian gov"t were free to treat chinese workers way they wanted. Was a serious power and ally of british power. Japanese workers were better treated than chinese. Significant becuz it relates educated class in canada. Canada very small way participated in occupation of japan. And used wwii to set up relation with china. China had been in a state of disorganization for years.
