China entered the nineteenth century still convinced of its superiority over barbarian Western countries possessing a belief in its own greatness. ... However, by the nineteenth century, the economic and military superiority of the West over China had become apparent. ... By the late nineteenth century, foreign powers had massively increased their presence and control in China. ... By the start of the nineteenth century a national monetary and credit system had developed concentrated around the city of Osaka. ... By the last decade of the nineteenth century the Japanese were ready to embark on...

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These problems brought about China's weakness in the nineteenth century. ... The victory, was swift and efficient, and a major factor in China's weakness in the nineteenth century. ... The social structure of traditional China was a major cause of China's weakness in the nineteenth century. ... The Mandate of Heaven also slowed progress in china, and caused them to be weak in the nineteenth century. ... Western superiority also was a major cause of China's weakness in the nineteenth century. ...

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The role of the state in Japan's economic development and the role of the state in China's economic development during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were similar due to them both being politically isolated until 1860 which led to them economically lagging behind the west, different due to Japan maintaining independence from European control because they came out of isolation while China was controlled by the west due to their traditionalist government corrupting the economy which made it easy for the Europeans to control, and different due to Japan being able to m...

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The nineteenth century proved to be a turning point in the relationships between China, Japan and Korea. ... In the beginning of the nineteenth century, China was falling from its pedestal. ... Nineteenth century Korea, however, was torn. ... At the start of the nineteenth century, Korea was experiencing major internal conflict, which made choosing an allegiance difficult for the tributary state. ... A History of East Asia: From the origins of civilizations to the twenty-first century. 191-227. ...

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INTRODUCTION India and China, by the end of the nineteenth century and the middle of the twentieth century, emerged as two independent Asian giants, eagerly rushing forward to make use of their relative resources and populations to give a boost to their economies. ... BILATERAL TRADE AND ECONOMICS According to Angus Maddison, a British economist and international scholar on macroeconomic history of the world, "India and China were competing with each other in the first sixteen or seventeen centuries of the Christian era. ... CONCLUSION How the India China relationship evolves in the yea...

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As the twelfth century approached, European sailors learned to assemble ships that were strong enough to explore the hazardous ocean waters. ... In the nineteenth century, George Stephenson introduced the first stream-powered locomotive. ...

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Chinese pottery had a significant impact on Islamic pottery for many centuries. ... During the late fifteenth century a great change took place in Islamic pottery. ... By the sixteenth century Iznik ware could be seen in a full palette of colors. ... By the end of the seventeenth century , Iznik ceramics had died out. ... Iznik pottery influence was still evident until the late nineteenth century when potters like William de Morgan tried to recreate some of the same technical and aesthetic qualities. ...

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If you have seen the news about China, you can find that the physician-patient relationship in China has been very bad in recent years. Patients don't trust doctors any more, even some individual patients have attacked doctors who treated them. It's hard to believe, but it's true. So I decided to se...

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In the nineteenth century, too, inequality grew rapidly during the last three decades, in an era of rapid global integration: the income gap between the top and bottom countries increased from 3 to 1 in 1820 to 7 to 1 in 1870 and 11 to 1 in 1913. ...

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If the Chinese knew the effects of this harmful drug called Opium, why would they keep on using it? There is a simple answer to this question plaguing our minds; it was because they were addicted. "As the quantity he had smoked began to act upon his system, his features kindled up from the solid com...

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In the late second century BC, an imperial university was established which trained people for government service. ... During the fifth century, the Yamato emperors began to achieve some unification of the clans. ... During the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, a variety of social and economic causes brought the downfall of the Han dynasty. ... (Wang 57) During the second century, Taoism was recognized as the official religion of China for several brief periods. ... Buddhism filtered into China from India and central Asia from the 1st to the 6th century. ...

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He was a leading intellectual figure and educational reformer of the later nineteenth century. This was the period known in Japanese history as the Meiji Restoration; after centuries of military governments which had followed a policy of enforced isolation from the outside world a revolution led to the re-establishment of imperial rule and the opening up of the country to overseas trade and technology. ... Fukuzawa was one of the first experts on the West in modern Japan, who was generally looked on positively as having played an important role in the modernization of late 19th-century Japan. ...

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The narrative takes China to the middle of the last decade of the 20th century, with a bit of speculation at the conclusion about contemporary events. ... China had been fragmented for decades, a process of degeneration that had roots in the last century of the Qing 清 Dynasty. ... " In the middle of the 17th century, Manchu 滿族-tribesmen overwhelmed the faltering Ming明 Dynasty and established a new dynasty, the Qing. ... It is hardly surprising that these resentments sharpened when things grew rocky in the nineteenth century. Nineteenth century challenges to Qing hegemony were moun...

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We can see this in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with the European balance of power. ... Although the United States may not be the hegemon, we will be able to enjoy a free ride under the hegemony of China like we did in the 19th century with Britain. ...

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In the nineteenth century and before, China was one of the most advanced and populated nations in the world. ... "Opium was supplied mainly by British Indian government manufacture for more than a century down to 1917, surely one of the longest-continued international crimes of modern times." ...

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From the 1850's to the 1900's, Europe was experiencing the New Imperialism. Countries like Britain, Germany, France, and the Netherlands were taking over parts of Asia and Africa. Economy, culture, and politics were factors that led to this new era of forced trade, colonization, and modernization. ...

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In the eighth century B.C.E., the Zhou dynasty began to fall apart as barbarous tribes invaded from the west. ... It probably is for this reason that the six-century B.C.E. was characterized by distinct progress in Chinese thought, and became known as the age of the hundred philosophers. ... Around the tenth century a great revival of Confucianism spread across China, triggered by two philosopher brothers, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi. ...

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"1 As one of the most influential thinkers in the nineteenth century, Marx has had a direct, deliberate and powerful influence upon mankind both during and after his lifetime. Upon his moral links with his followers, the strength of which was unique even in that golden age of democratic nationalism, he has also influenced various great leaders in the 21st century, such as Mao. ...

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Completely different from the curves of the nineteenth century was the straight silhouette of the 1920's. ... Another dangerous practice women in the twenty first century are taking part in is Cosmetic Surgery. ...

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Since the turn of the century, China had been accosted by revolution and internecine conflict, warlordism, foreign invasion, and chronic calamities like drought, flood and famine. ... Clearly, by the late seventeenth-century, China was in complete disarray. ...

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