Factors of Imperialism in China

Opium war

USA “Open Door Policy”

Treaty of Nanking 1842 - Hong Kong given to Great

Britain after the first Opium War
Consequences

Rebellions in China against foreign powers and the

eventual overthrow of the Emperor which would lead to a
nationalist government and eventually the Civil War that
would make China a Communist Nation
 1949 – CHINA BECOMES COMMUNIST
In June, Chinese communists declare
victory over Nationalist forces. On October
1, Mao Zedong proclaims the People's
Republic of China.
• Faced with
Communist
victory, the
Nationalist
leaders
escaped and
set up a rival
Chinese state
on the island
of Formosa
(Taiwan) in
1949.
nally British Imperialism in India was through the commercial exploits o
East India Company.

Company operated almost like a country, having its own administration

military forces

used a classic policy of Imperialist times which was:

de and rule” they turned the people of the country they were trying
nate against each other and used internal rivalry and power struggles
eir advantage

58 Great Britain took direct control of India

Many of India's elite received a
British education and inherited a
system of government based on
British ideals.

The rise of Indian Nationalism

and anti-British sentiment
reached a climax in 1947 after a
long struggle for Independence

India and Pakistan became

Independent nations and their
problems have continued to
dominate that part of the Asian
Continent.
As European Empires began to collapse after
WW2, the once colonized people of Asia
began to find themselves controlling their ow
destinies.