Growth Of Imperialism In East Asia In The Late 19th Century

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Map 19.1 ("China and the World ...") and Map 19.3 ("The Rise of Japan"), both depict the growth of imperialism in East Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first map (Map 19.1) shows the section of China and how during the nineteenth century, there were any assaults. These included uprisings, rebellions, revolts, and influence from different major industrial powers of the day. The growth of imperialism is spread like many other influences which included cultural diffusion. China was influenced (as shown on the map), by the British, French, Japanese, German, and Russia. Because of its massive upheavals that happened internally within East Asia, it weakened the its strength- making it easy to get assaulted by the Russia, Japan,

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