China Has A Long And Rich History - 2353 Words

China has had a long and rich history that is not devoid of its fair share of revolutions and political upheavals. It is these changes that have increasingly shaped the country into becoming one of the major economic powers of the current decade. This has also given the country a greater standing when considering the political influence that the country now enjoys in the global environment. One may consider the period that span three decades from 1890 as having the greatest impact in the trajectory that modern day has taken in the past and is going to take in the future. This period saw a number of very significant changes both in ideology and belief that provided china with the opportunity to take a new direction. One that was separate†¦show more content†¦This was mainly due to the increasing weakness of the Qing dynasty to maintain control of the vast region with increasing pressure from these western nations. This is both in regards to military might and economic concern s. These two unique characteristics were responsible for the creation of an environment of social uneasiness among the people in China. In the consideration of the period between 1890s to the 1920s there are three major concerns that will be part of the analysis. These three are the political, social and economic environments of china during this period. This will include an analysis of the environments inherent characteristics at the time, the role these characteristics played in the change that occurred at this time and how these factors may have changed in themselves during this period. This consideration will be unified by one main theme and this is the influence that external parties or concerns played in the shaping of Chinese views, ideologies and actions during this period. This theme is mainly cognizant of the fact that there was a great deal of foreign activity in china during this time and that improvements in transport means had given many Chinese people the opportunities to travel far and wide, aside from their traditional neighbors of Japan. It is also worth mentioning that the consideration of these three factors will largely be as a unit as there were great interplays of