Blog #14

          China’s population growth was massive. China had enough food up until the speed of population growth exceeded that of agricultural production. During this time China experience starvation corruption, famine, and loss of central power. China wasn’t able to keep up with the population growth and they are to blame. The reason China is to blame because of their lack of industrialization and their beliefs that they had little to learn from Europe. They cut off their trade with Britain. There’s not a lot of food to go around and eventually China lost its power of internal trade. Officials and the elite took advantage of peasants because of the corrupt system in China. People worked in harsh conditions, including children. They were over worked and underpaid. Because of this there were uprisings in china. People were tired of being abused and wanted change.

          Japan was an aggressive power during the nineteenth century. Japan had a major change and turned into a powerful industrialized united nation. They became imperialist and created an empire in Asia. Japan never wanted to get involved with other nations. They refused trade with several countries. However, eventually they let other countries in and expanded their opportunities. With its new trade routes, Japan grew and grew in technology, like ship building.  They had many social and political changed. Japan united and prospered.