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Sorry for the lateness. Alas, these rehearsals have been the death of me. This is the blog for yesterday and today. So yesterday, March third, we reviewed a great deal about the Treaty of Nanking. The Chinese referred to this treaty as the unqual treaty, because it forced the Chinese to give money, Hong Kong, and the rights of extraterritoriality. Then, we learned about the Opium Wars, the first time we see the British in a militaristic light in China. The Chinese were frustrated by the British, who pumped opium into China. This war was resolved by the Treaty of Nanking. Then came the spheres of influence in China, which were large pieces of land that foreign powers controlled. This control, however, was entirely economic. Still, this cut deeply into China, and the U.S. becme scared so they established an Open Door Policy in China where they could trade wherever they wanted. Eventually, in 1911, the Qing Dynasty abdicates thier power. But why, other than these reasons, did China fall? Today, thats what we learned about. We went over our readings that we had read and noted, about The Taiping Rebellion, Self Strengthening Movement, and Boxer Rebellion. These issues all led to the Qing downfall. The first, the Taiping Rebellion, had to do with a militaristic and religious sect that gained some power. The next was another failed attempt at control over China, as they tried to make Westernization and throw back to Confucian ideas occur at the same time, which is a great idea, but it lacked support. The last attempt at control was by the terrosit Boxer group, who attempted to fight the foreginers and get them out. These were all failed attempts, and all lakced the support of the Qing. We left off by receiveing readings about the women of China, after reading about the challenges of Emperor Puyi, adivsing him, and then learning about Sun Yat-sen, who established Chinese republic. The next to blog will be Robby Rosen. Please look over my post from last night as well.