1. Nineteenth Century China and Japan's Reactions to the West
In Confucianism, it believed it had solved the problem of government. ... The West wanted what China had to offer but China did not want what the West had to offer. ... By the 1830s Western powers, especially Britain, were trying to open up China, a move that China resisted. ... China also had its internal problems. ... The Charter Oath was passed to give the people an idea of the aims of the government and the directions of future policy. ...
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