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 * 1) To improve their balance of trade with China, the British sold the Chinese.... half of they had for better trade
 * 2) As a result of China losing the first Opium War to Britain?It was that Britian wanted tea so they started trading with China. Unfortunately, China only wanted gold. It was an uneven trade so britian started trying to trade with Opium, but China did not want Opium so britian declared war. The Chinese were not that hi-tech so they lost the war and Britian got Hong kong. It was really sad because their armor was wood which was not enough to stop a bullet.
 * 3) In the Treaty of Tianjin after the second Opium War, China agreed to
 * 4) The Qing dynasty’s “self strengthening” reforms included
 * 5) The Qing dynasty was weakened by
 * 6) The coming of Westerners changed the Chinese economy by
 * 7) Yuan tried to rule China without
 * 8) When the Nationalists’ rebellion failed,
 * 9) When General Yuan Shigai died in 1916,
 * 10) By 1925, many urban, middle-class Chinese people
 * 11) The Meiji Restoration was responsible for?
 * 12) The Meiji reformers created a new imperial army in 1871, based on
 * 13) The Meiji education system
 * 14) The Meiji Restoration developed Japanese interest in
 * 15) The 1904 war between Russia and Japan resulted in

#1 Do you like change? Why do you think many people are resistant to change?
In most cases, I do like change. I like improvement and advancement through change. A change such as the United States becoming a communist union, I don't think I would like. They are afraid or feel threatened by the state of things changing, some people may believe their well-being is sacrificed or put in jeopardy due to such a change.

=== #2 Have you ever read any books about China? What are some customs or traditions in China? How are they the same or different from your family’s customs or traditions? I've seen/read a few, nothing too notable except Mulan. Their customs and traditions are much more respect and discipline focused, not to mention family oriented. In China, the traditions are pretty universal. In America now, traditions and customs vary from family to family. America is more individual based, whilst China's culture focuses on your family as a whole rather than your individual identity. ===

===**Spheres of Influence** - ** It is where a particular state/country/power has influence in a given area or country. Wikipedia definition :: " is an area or region over which a state or organization has significant cultural, economic, military or political influence." **=== -For instance, Japan had influence in North Korea and the eastern tip of China. -There were spheres of influence on a global scale during the Cold War. -After the cold war soviet influence crumbled. []

-extraterritoriality operates to the prejudice of local jurisdiction. -13th/14th centuries, Genoa and Venice had extraterritoriality from Italy -Siam signed a treaty granting extraterritorial rights to Britain in 185 []
 * Extraterritoriality** - is the state of being exempt from the jurusdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations

-Mainly a synonym for compensation or reparation. -Has other specific meaning(in the same general direction) with politics/law -Lincoln(Abraham) requested millions of dollars to repay southerners for their lost slaves as indemnity. []
 * Indemnity -** is a sum paid by **A** to **B** by way of [|compensation] for a particular loss suffered by **B**. The indemnitor (**A**) may or may not be responsible for the loss suffered by the indemnitee (**B**). Forms of indemnity include cash payments, repairs, replacement, and reinstatement.

-Took place between 1898 and 1901(the rebellion) -An anti-imperialism, anti-christian movement -Eventually suppressed by Manchu of the Qing dynasty []
 * Boxers -** People who participated in the Boxer Rebellion of China.

-A specific policy with regard to China -Policy requested to allow US and European nations to trade with China -1949 policy is replaced by a new law that permitted international trade from within China []**
 * Open Door Policy - is a concept in foreign affairs. As a theory, the Open Door Policy originates with British commercial practice, as was reflected in treaties concluded with [|Qing Dynasty] [|China] after the [|First Opium War] (1839-1842). Although the Open Door is generally associated with [|China], it was recognized at the [|Berlin Conference] of 1885, which declared that no power could levy preferential duties in the [|Congo basin].

For vocab: define, cite, and state 3 key points.

Opium! -It would eventually cause two wars. -Opium was illegal in China. -It was introduced into the trade stream to balance the trade of other items. -Created an epidemic of addiction. -An estimation of 2 million Chinese became addicted to opium. []
 * To improve their balance of trade with China, the British sold the Chinese....

As a result of China losing the first Opium War to Britain The Treaty of Nanking was signed -Ended in august 1842. -War ended with British occupying Shanghai. -The war was mostly caused by Chinese efforts to suppress the trade of opium. -It paved the way for opening China to international trade. -Queen Victoria awarded two knighthoods to the general that led troops to victory. ** [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War]

Allow the importing of opium, foreign legations in Beijing, and Christian missionary activity. -Ratified at the Convention of Peking in 1860, after the war ended -Eleven more Chinese ports would be opened for foreign trade - The right of foreign vessels including warships to navigate freely on the Yangtze River - China was to pay an indemnity to Britain and France in 2 million taels of silver respectively, and compensation to British merchants in 2 million taels of silver. - The right of foreigners to travel in the internal regions of China []
 * In the Treaty of Tianjin after the second Opium War, China agreed to

The Qing Dynasty's "self strengthening" reforms included Self-strengthening Movement, Hundred Days Reform, and Late Qing reform Reforms due to: -Opposition from conservatives -Lack of planning -Lack of capital -Corruption -Rising popularity in the want for a revolution **

The Qing dynasty was weakened by :Several rebellions and power shifts -Taiping Rebellion -Panthay Rebellion -Dungan Revolt -Taiping Rebellion killed somewhere between 20 and 30 million people, the second bloodiest war in history(WWII) -Increasing Famine was one of the many reasons for the revolt. []

For questions: Answer, cite, 5 additional facts(points)

sun yat-sen:he first signs of revolu- tion appeared during the last decade of the nineteenth century, when the young radical **Sun Yat-sen** formed the Revive China Society. BSun Yat-sen believed that the Qing dynasty was in a state of decay and could no longer govern the country. Book

. In 1909, legislative assemblies were formed at the **provincial,** or local, level. Elections for a national assembly were even held in 1910. Book

Guómíndǎng, GMD), translated as the **Chinese Nationalist Party**, is a [|political party] of the [|Republic of China] (ROC), commonly known as [|Taiwan] since the 1970s. It is the founding and the [|ruling political party] of the ROC.

the name Qing was first applied to the dynasty established by the Manchu in 1636 in Manchuria and then applied by extension to their rule in China. During the Qing dynasty, China's territory and population expanded tremendously.

was a [|secret society] and [|underground resistance] [|movement] organized by [|Sun Yat-sen] and [|Song Jiaoren] in [|Tokyo], [|Japan], on 20 August 1905. This new alliance was created through the unification of Sun's [|Xingzhonghui], or//Revive China Society//, the [|Guangfuhui], or //Restoration Society//, and other Chinese [|revolutionary] groups.



Daimyo:They were the most powerful [|feudal] rulers from the 10th century to the early 19th century in [|Japan] following the [|Shogun]. From the //[|shugo]// of the [|Muromachi period] through the //[|Sengoku]// to the daimyo of the [|Edo period], the rank had a long and varied history. The term "daimyo" is also sometimes used to refer to the leading figures of such clans, also called "[|lord]". It was usually, though not exclusively, from these warlords that a [|shogun] arose or a [|regent] was chosen. Port arthur: The **Port Arthur massacre** occurred during the [|First Sino-Japanese War] on 21 November 1894, when advanced elements of the First Division of the [|Japanese] Second Army under command of the one-eyed General Yamaji Motoharu (1841-1897) killed an estimated 60,000 [|Chinese] servicemen and civilians, leaving only 36 to bury bodies,[|[1]] in the Chinese coastal city of [|Port Arthur (now: Lüshunkou)].

Commodore perry; an Ameri- can fleet of four warships under Commodore ived in **Edo Bay** (now Tokyo Bay). They sought, as Perry said, “to bring a singular and isolated people into the family of civilized nations.”

Prefectures:ndicates the office, seat, territorial circumscription of a [|Prefect]. The term //prefecture// is also used to refer to offices analogous to prefectures.

Concesssions:failure to challenge or cessation of challenging, as in "conceding an election" or "conceding a game"