How Western Modernized Eastern
Because of a lot advanced technology, modern military goods, and a vast demand for raw material, market, and labor that were resulted in Industrial Revolution in western countries, and an arrogant self- confidence in western civilization, the imperialism that was combination of these two started to emerge among western countries. For instance, many invented machineries in western Industrial Revolution that were enable people to produce goods in least costly way caused large surplus in their economy. However, as accumulation of surplus, many westerners started thinking that their homelands' economy was not capable to attract domestic capital; moreover, their tendencies to find investment outlets for the surplus that were not able to use efficiently in their homelands were steeply arisen. Therefore, they increasingly demanded for another new market where raw materials, cheaper labor were available. Simultaneously, a vast surplus in western economy and advanced technology in science and technology would lead most western countries to have a self- confidence in the superiority of their civilization. These, prosperity in economy and self- confidence in civilization, were also considered as the bases that w
But, because China was strongly self sufficient society, this afford did not work well. Also Japan was small enough to unify easily, in contrary to India. However, China was not the same as India because of its size of land. Moreover, China had many resistance actions took place: One Hundred Day Movement and Self-Strengthen Movement. But, not all Indians let British make India under its power. As Mughal started collapsing in the early 18th century of India, British started to build the power in many areas of India, where were Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta with trading company which was called the English East India Company. However, as the same as India, arrogance of westerners' superiority of civilization rose in China. It was the empress turned an anti Qing group of bandits and rebel to missionaries and foreigners. But, with the constant formation of traditional government, these were all failed. That's because its geographical reasons and other western countries' power in most of Asian countries, they selected Korea as Japan's the first pathway to the continent. Another parts of China, Russian tried to penetrate the Amur Valley in northern Manchuria, which was excluded by treaty of Nerchinsk. Also Japan spread its power to the island of Taiwan, and attacked Russians in Manchuria in 1904. It resulted that many countries, England, France, Germany, the United States, Japan, took the one-quarter of earth land.
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