1. Economies of Japan and China:19th-20th Centuries
Both Japanese governments and Chinese governments were isolated at the beginning of the 1860s. The conservative Manchu regime in China demanded isolation from the Western world, and Japanese government wanted isolation due to their belief that they were still superior. ... Japanese government came out of isolation because in 1853 Matthew Perry came from the United States to insist Japan trade with them and open up their markets, Japan decided to trade. ... Then, Japanese government became more structured with the establishment of banks and post offices and regularizing commercial laws. Governm...
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