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How Did Western International Law Forced China's Belief In Confucianism?

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The article by Zewi talks about how Chinas belief in Confucianism effected the way it interacted with the Western nations. How western international law forced China to modernize. This article also goes in to further explanation on how the nation of China had to do to force itself to understand and appreciate the way the modern international relations and international laws is conducted in today’s world. Some of the events that forced china to accept this was the opium wars which China was defeated by the western powers. Where they forced China to accept its trade policies. Basically they were bullied by nations like England and other European nations. Another example of this could be when Matthew Perry showed it up with battle ships and forced

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