They isolated themselves from other countries; but after their imperialisms in the late 1800s, the countries went on different paths. China remained traditional and denied modernization and suffered because of it, while Japan emulated the imperial powers and became an imperial power themselves. Before the early 1700s and the late 1800s, China was a leading nation. China was fairly strong during earlier periods of history. It had a strong and peaceful government during the Qing Empire and imperial powers such as Britain and the U.S. were interested in Chinese goods.
Although at the first they they gave up the company's operating philosophy in exchange for a part interests, in the end Google opt out of the Chinese market. 4. Why was Google subjected to so much more scrutiny than their competitors were in this case? Should they embrace this higher standard, or find a way to separate themselves from it? Because Google want to enter the Chinese market and make more profitable for the company.
The Chinese did not see any need to react to the growing European presence. The Chinese viewed the Europeans as “barbarians” and saw no need for them in their culture. The Ming officials were often hostile toward the Europeans (pg 546). A Ming official, He Ao viewed the Europeans as unruly, untrustworthy, and also a threat to the security of China (pg 546). The Europeans often times were referred to as Feringis which is a derogatory name associated with foreigners (pg 546).
Korea prevented peoples to hold a bureaucratic office, rejecting the Chinese value that any able, intelligent person with a strong Confucian education can hold office. Korea primarily allowed only upper class citizens to hold these offices, believing royalty outweighed merit. Similarly, Japan also held the belief that noble classes were to possess these political offices and that nobility was based on heredity, and could not be earned. In the Political structure, both Korea and Japan valued and utilized a centralized government. Both had a ruling dynasty, however Japan differentiates from Korea, in that Japan's emperor served as a figurehead.
Clearly, Columbus should have empathized with the Native Americans by respecting their values and negotiating through fair trade rather than violence and deceit. This relates to Robert McNamara’s first lesson because Columbus failed to empathize with Native Americans and their unique values. ii. The Whisky Rebellion: In the early 1790s westerners in the United States rebelled against Alexander Hamilton’s excise tax on whisky. Westerners viewed this tax as unfair because whisky often served as a medium of exchange and because the tax would make western farmers who were forced to distill their grain into whisky for portability reasons less competitive with eastern grain
Although many nations did not like the letter, all countries to which it was sent, except Japan, had expressed approval at the ideas and goals that it espoused. Even though some of the ideas it presented were unpopular with the Imperialist nations, the Open Door Policy was a very event document in Chinese history. In the Open Door Notes, John Hay suggested indiscriminate taxation between nations. Hay defined indiscriminate taxation as not imposing taxes based on nationality. Many countries at the time had strong power in their
The British showed discrimination throughout history towards the Irish, for they treated them in an extremely mean manner. The English colonizers thought of them as sluggish people, who were criminals, and formed a two-tiered social structure; in addition they were prevented from purchasing land, bear office and could not marry other colonizers (Takaki 27). Altjough race was not the deciding factor for this discrimination, the English showed they felt superior to another group. The Irish were thought to be savages and this same type of thoughts was then directed toward Indians, for the first English colonizers in the New World found that the Indians reminded them of the Irish (29). However, with the Indians, race played a factor because they were of dark complexion unlike the Irish and the English wondered if they were different kinds of savages.
It is difficult to spread new knowledge and technology into it and people inside refuse to learn new things. For instance, when western weapons and utensils were introduced in the 19 century, the conservative officials didn’t accept them and regarded them as something that were weird and impractical which was called qijiyinqiao(奇技淫巧) in Chinese. Therefore, the Forbidden City actually is a symbol of feudalism in China. It shows how traditional the old China was and the attitude adopted by the officials towards the foreigners and foreign advanced knowledge. The walls of the Forbidden City are meaningful as they seem to act as a barrier to segregate the inside and the outside world which makes China having no improvements throughout the hundred years.
China had no say or control to what Britain was doing to them, and no way of fighting back or retaliating. The only way that England and China could have come to a more fair and equal treaty is if they had respected what Lin said in his letters to the Queen, and tried to understand that they were selling illegal drugs to China, which was hurting and killing the Chinese people, their ways of life, and economy. 2.) What were the short and long-term effects of this treaty on the people of China? Please remember to be thorough, and to use examples from the textbook excerpt to support your answer.
Whereas in the American workplace it is not based upon respect and competition is valued to highly. Yes, there is corruption in China just like everywhere else and there are Confucius teaching being applied inaccurately. But it is wrong and unjust for Americans to view the Chinese and Confucianism through the American