China 's Impact On China

Before the arrival of western powers, China was very stable, agricultural, and ethnocentric. They had many factories that produced silk, cotton, and porcelain with their natural resources: salt, tin, silver, and iron mines. They had no interest of trade or interaction with foreigners. From the early eighteenth century, European and American Imperialism spread throughout China with a goal to extend their nation’s power. China was one of many territories that undertook the changes of New Imperialism. By 1912, the country was governed by outside nations: Great Britain (mostly), Russia, Germany, France, and Japan. Their influence on China resulted malignantly on the country’s economy, political ties, and lifestyle; in spite of the few

China depleted the consumption of their resources, while Great Britain benefitted off the amount of coal they were able to mine and utilize, and the reduced fees and accessible trade they were able to secure from their colonies. Pomeranz also argues that although economic factors had similar principles, environmental strains were similar, and “the most advanced parts of China in many ways resembled parts of the European mainland” (Pomeranz 2002, 420) . China still experienced inactivity while Great Britain experienced remarkable progress. According to Pomeranz, this had to do with the “constraints of finite land” (Pomeranz 2002, 444) and Great Britain’s capability to manage this more effectively. According to Pomeranz’s view, this divergence was provoked by the Industrial Revolution, and set China on a route to labor concentrated routines, while Great Britain spearheaded towards the cultivation of technological innovation.

Before the 19th Century it would have been difficult to imagine that one day, majority of Western Europe and North America would come to dominate the world in global economy. So why did income per capita decline in countries such as India and China relative to the advanced economies such as the US and Europe since 1800? Some argue that the overwhelmingly cause was the lack of relative efficiency of utilization of technology in these countries relative to the more successful economies such as Britain and the USA (Landes 19). The inventions of gunpowder and the compass contributed to the West initially being considered subpar compared to China. Up until the 19th century, China held a position as a great world power, but, for the last two hundred

Over the period of 1792 to 1990, England and China's relationship drastically changed because of the trading of opium. China didn’t want to trade opium, but it would mess up England's economy if they were no longer trading opium. China also started to feel the need to westernize, unlike before. China’s need for westernization released tension between the two powers, causing a change in their relationship. China and England's relationship was continous from trade. Even though it was unbalanced in the beginning, it was never cut off. During this time period, in other parts of the world, industrialization was starting to take place. England was one of the leading countries in this age of Industrialization. England used their advanced technology

During the 19th century, China transformed from a prosperous economic center to a weakened country in a system controlled by Great Britain, largely due to the opium trade. Prior to Europe’s industrial revolution in 1800, China had little need for products from other countries, and participated sparingly in world trade, while Europe borrowed China’s ideas and inventions to gain a financial foothold. But in the 19th century Britain introduced opium into the Chinese market, setting off a chain of events that lead to the Opium Wars, which along with the opium trade sapped China’s economic strength. Nevertheless, she persisted, and in 1907 China passed a law that blocked the opium trade once and for all and took out Britain’s system of power within

Ancient China’s rich history has a direct influence on the China of the 21st century. First, the immense importance of the cultivation of rice, which became a staple source of food in China for centuries. Next, the primary source of accounts of ancient china comes from the Shujing, which spanned the Xia, Shang, and Zhou empires. Furthermore, The power women could hold reached its heights during the Shang empire, and underwent a downward trajectory during the Zhou empire. Moreover, regime changes have had a unique outcomes in China due to the “Mandate of Heaven” which gave new regimes the control over the civilians of the conquered empires. Lastly, the decline of the Zhou came about from the power of local rulers who began to seek their own interests. Ultimately, the mandate of heaven bears responsibility for keeping China intact for centuries regardless of conflicts and shifts in power.

The Industrial Revolution occurred from the 1750s to the early 1900s was a importance movement transforming Europe and America from Agrarian and rural societies to the industrial and urban systems . This was an important movement brought multiple changes of the advances in technology, transportations, trades and manufactures . For thousand of years, China had been ahead with many technological marvels, but it did not take the lead in the Industrial Revolution due to some factors, including the great impacts of Confucius philosophy and the failure of political, diplomatic and economic policies .

The industrialization and the great technological development of Europe, especially at the time of the second industrial revolution, the generation of the world in two large groups: the industrialized countries and the non-industrialized industrialists. The former ended up imposing themselves on the latter, who remained under their direct or indirect dependence. Industrial Europe, thanks to its demographic vitality, its industrial, technical, commercial and financial superiority imposed its economic model, its values, ideals and its culture to a large part of the world.

Technology you use and see all around you were first invented in Medieval China, then later reinvented in the Modern World. Back in Medieval China, The ruling changed a lot. From aristocracy (ruling from wealthy families) to meritocracy (ruling from people that proved their worth for the government), they were all tested from the civil service examination. During this time, trading/commerce entered as a main business. It made increased the prosperity and wealth of people. With the many new items traded in and the wealth people had, possibilities for new inventions were made. China made a difference to the Medieval and Modern World with its inventions.

The Chinese Six Companies were six companies across the United States which played a major role in the Chinese prostitution and was a key organization for Chinese Americans in 1800s. They original main goal was to help the Chinese come from and return to China, help many corpses shipped them to China for burial and take care of the starving and elder. The Chinese Six Companies also attempted to discourage prostitution in the Chinese community and attempted to limit prostitution in America. Even though their main goal was to help out the Chinese, during the 1880s their outlook complete changed. These Chinese Six Companies saw the benefits of prostitution which they force encouraging and overseeing all the vices associated with the Chinese-American

China enjoyed a number of technological advances over Europe in the period running up to the 15th century, most significantly the development of gunpowder, compasses and printing. These inventions revolutionised European technology facilitating exploration, conquest and literature. Unlike in Europe, these inventions were not put to such use by the Chinese who held a fairly isolationist view. Meaning that they did not involve themselves in trade to nearly the same degree as many Europeans. In this essay I will be assessing China’s technological lead over Europe before the 16th century and commenting on the extent to which they held this lead.

351). Henceforth, life expectancy in China exceeded most of its European counterparts, whilst being on par with southeast England (Pomeranz, 2000, p. 37). Improvements occurred slowly in industrialising western Europe, with limited increases elsewhere until 1870 (Pamuk and van Zanden, 2010, p. 228). As well as being comparable in living standards, north-west Europe and Asia both were similar in terms of trade, literatures and centralisation (Goldstone, 2002, p. 338). In fact, India and China can be seen as more technically advanced; India’s cotton was unrivalled by England (Chaudhuri, 1990; cited by Goldstone, 2002, p. 366), and China was productive agriculturally, had a well-developed bureaucracy, and was not bettered in terms its manufactures (Marks 1997; cited by Goldstone, 2002, p. 366).

During its eventual progression into modernity, the greatest influence on the populations of Asian nations was the control and flow of information to the public. The impact of a tightly controlled flow parallels that of a loosely controlled distribution of information. This impacted the people’s actions, values, and attitudes in different manners. North Korea’s strict regime created an extreme at one side, with tight regulation. China was then more moderate in its control, loosening over time.

The impact of war on Europe had a greater effect on the agricultural countryside than it did on the fortified and well defended cities resulting in greater urbanisation, as a result urban areas become hubs for trade and economic activity. This contrasts with China which had comparatively less urbanisation amounting to 3-5% of the population in 1850. China initially enjoyed a comparative advantage as European industrial centres had to be built behind costly walls while the Chinese could place their industry in cheap rural locations. With industrial production based in cities they were unable to exploit lower rural wages, this combined with the lower cost of capital urban areas lead to manufacturers looking for lower cost capital incentives. These higher wages resulted in increased technological innovation as Europe had a greater bias towards labour saving than China as stated by the Habakkuk thesis. Therefore the industrial was a result of increased investment in capital and labor-saving

communist country. Reasonably, Chinese government was seeking to inject a fresh blood in order to reliving paralyzed economies. Hence, capitalists was selected to