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China Resists Outside Influence
China ResistsOutside InfluenceEvents/PoliciesCause Effects
Opium WarBritainsRefusaltostop theOpiumtrade Chinese Defeat & Humiliation Opium trade continues Britain gets Hong Kong Chinese resentment of ForeignersTaiping RebellionUnable to feed enormous populationIncreased Opium useIncreased Poverty Restoration of Qing Empire 20 million died
Self-strengthening MovementNeed to modernize Education & Military Ability to produce its own Ammunition & WarshipsOpen Door policyChinas weak militaryEconomic & Political problemsUS fears that they would be shut out of Chinese colonization Protection of American trading rights in China Keeping China free from colonization
Open Door policyJohn HayBoxer Rebellion
Boxer RebellionResentment of everything Western Failure to effect reform Increased NationalismExplain why China was able to isolate itself from Western influence until the 19th CenturyAdvanced CultureEconomically Self-sufficientExtraterritorial RightsThe right to live in a foreign country, yet live under the laws of ones home country and be tried in home courts.