New imperialism in China

What was the taiping rebellion and what was the result?

Further weakens the Qing dynasty and costed millions of lives from famine. Peasants revolted.

Was the sphere of influence social, economic or political and why?

Economic because it has to do with money and trade.

Which countries had a sphere of influence in China?

Germany, Britain, Japan and Russia

What is the treaty of nanjing?

Harsh and unequal treaty signed by China after the opium war.

What was the result of the opium war?

China had to pay for British war costs, open ports to British trade and give Britain the island of Hong Kong. They had to grant British citizens extraterritoriality.

Why did the chinese have little interest in trading with the west?

Chinas geography isolated them into being ethnocentric and they didnt need to rely on other countries because they were economically self sufficeint.

What was the result of the boxer rebellion?

Chinese called for a western style reform. Sun yixian, a nationalist reformer, replaced the Qing dynasty with western ideals.

What does the result of the opium war indicate about China?

They weren't strong enough to resist foreign demand.

What was the boxer rebellions goal?

To remove foreign influences from China.

Why were Europeans able to divide China in the spheres of influence

Europeans had technologically superior military forces.

What was the result of the opium war?

Increased spheres of influence in china

How does the sphere of influence differ from the open door policy?

Instead of controlling trade in one region, it controls all of the regions. Anyone has equal rights of trade anywhere.

How did the Chinese react to imperialism?

Taiping rebellion took place. Peasants were angry with the poverty and at corrupt Chinese officials.

What conflicting positions led to the opium war?

The British wanted to get Chinese addicted to opium to open up trade but the Chinese wanted to stop the drug.

Who tried to halt western influences in China but was unsuccessful?

The Qing dynasty

What was the open door policy?

The US gave all nations equal opportunities to trade with China regardless of the spheres of influence.

What was the boxer rebellion?

Tried to kick out "foreign Devils" from China. The Boxers wanted to get rid of western influence in China. They were crushed by multinational army forces and Were forced to grant more concessions to foreign power.

What is the spheres of influence?

When a region in which a foreign nation controls trade and investments. Many foreign influences won a sphere of influence in China.

What was the opium war?

When the British went to war with China to keep profitable opium trade open. British won because of strong army.