China And The World : A Golden Age

While under the rule of the Emperor Qianlong, China’s foreign policy and trade was beginning to unfold and open up to Europe. Qianlong, however, still maintained a strict and regulated administration of all foreign trade and foreign ability to exist within China. “ It is true that Europeans, in the service of the dynasty, have been permitted to live at Peking, but they are compelled to adopt Chinese dress, they are strictly confined to their own precincts and are never permitted to return home.” All outside interactions with China could only be permitted if ‘in the

China is the only country currently in its “Golden Age” in my opinion & here’s why. China has diverse languages and dialects and local cultural inequalities, which make it even more overwhelming to obtain first-hand knowledge of China’s market. Everyone wants to be an American but why when China is beating the USA on the global economic stage. China is the world's most populated country and it shows because, China currently has the world's fastest-growing economy. Only 3.3% of China’s total population are unemployed. China is one of the biggest communist countries of all time, and that's what makes them successful. Mao Zedong became China’s leader in 1949 and helped name China the People's Republic. This is when China became a communist country and started being ruled by the Communist Party of China. China city of Hong Kong is the second smartest city in the world and is continuously growing. When we go shopping for Clothes, Toys or even dishes you are

a. The population of China approximately doubled between the start of the Ming dynasty in 1368 and its collapse and replacement by the Manchus in 1644 . This population increase, along with a reduction in government regulation, led to China’s 3rd Commercial Revolution, which lasted from 1500 and 1800. Economic advances during this time, which extended into the Qing era,

Describe continuities and changes in the social, political, and economic role that Confucianism played in both the Ming and Qing Empires from 1450 to 1750.

In the historical reading When America First Met China by Eric Jay Dolin, one could say that the context of this historical reading goes into great depth when explaining the trade networks between China and the rest of the continent, particularly in the Americas right after the American Revolution ended in 1783, in comparison to many other sources that did not go into great depth.

Using at least 2 specific examples, examine how the leaders of China's voyages dealt with leaders of countries they visited according to the terms of Chinese tribute system we examined in class.

There is a reason why the Tang Dynasty is called and considered the Golden Age of China.

1. In what major ways did Confucian philosophy manifest itself in Chinese society during the Ming and/or Qing dynasties?

In the early eighteen hundreds, Britain and other European countries demanded more and more Chinese commodities, especially tea and silk. However, only the port in Canton was opened to foreign countries, and Chinese would not take any other form of payments besides silver. The desire to make China into a free market that foreigners have more access to and the increasing, though illegal, European opium import to China eventually created tension between the European countries, especially Britain, and the Chinese government (Allingham Par. 1-2). The two battles fought and won by European powers were known as the Opium Wars. China’s politics, economy, and intellects were both positively and negatively

What was a limit to Confucianism that made it not really appealing to common people?

Timothy Brook’s book, The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China is a detailed account of the three centuries of the Ming Dynasty in China. The book allows an opportunity to view this prominent time period of Chinese history. Confusions of Pleasure not only chronicles the economic development during the Ming dynasty, but also the resulting cultural and social changes that transform the gentry and merchant class. Brook’s insights highlight the divide between the Ming dynasty’s idealized beliefs, and the realities of its economic expansion and its effects. Brook describes this gap through the use of several first hand accounts of individuals with various social statuses.

Gascoigne, Bamber, and Christina Gascoigne. The Dynasties of China: A History. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003.

Describe the expansion of India culture to Southeast Asia; how did that influence differ from the expansion of Indian culture to China and Japan?

China’s history continues to shape its contemporary thinking, foreign policy and diplomacy with the West. In order to understand China’s politics and its civilization in general, it is important to look into its history and its traditional philosophy. This book examined many key events in Chinese foreign policy from the classical era to the present day, with an emphasis on the decades after the rise of Mao Zedong. The Chinese’s response and its approach to diplomacy and foreign policy were seen

For example, during the Han dynasty, emperors used the Confucian value in hard-work to create a meritocracy based from a civil service examination. Based on Confucian texts and teachings, the civil service examination acted as the Chinese curriculum and allowed most literate boys to study Confucian thought. The preliminary exam was for the county seat, the secondary exam was for the district seat, the third exam was for the capitol positions, and the fourth and fifth exams were for the imperial positions. This process establish a merit system that allowed for poor boys and their families to become elites through social mobility if they scored well on the exam, thus motivating the Confucian value of education in ancient China (“The Confucian Classics and the Civil sSrvice Examination”). Confucianism is also more concerned with filial piety and immediate origin, as depicted in the social hierarchy where family units are treated with respect. Taoism, however, demands an appreciation of nature, rather than hierarchal structures (Hu 2017, 48). The strong belief in government and social structures such as family were more popular in ancient Chinese culture than the strict, Taoist value of the natural