Homework - For next Thursday (11/14) read up to "Imperialism in Africa".
Question # 3 - Imperialism in Japan and China – After signing
the Treaty of Nanking, which ended the First Opium War, a Chinese official
explained that the view of the Qing emperor Daoguang was that the treaty
would, “permanently prevent further troubles from
happening.” - essentially the treaty was about economic relations and there was little reason the imperial government should activily engage in dealing with the European powers. Why was it
a mistake for the Chinese emperor to percieve things this way and how did this view ultimately result in
European domination of China?
