Intrusions in Asia; Opera and Society and a Dilemma, World Cultures Hum112

“Intrusions in Asia; Opera and Society and a Dilemma” Please respond to the following. Answer the following question in an initial post of 125 words and make a substantial post to a classmate.

• Describe the key motives involved in the increased presence of Westerners in India, China, and Japan in the 1700s and 1800s. Identify the key factors that led to Britain’s successful imposition of its presence and trade policies on China, despite communications like those from EmperorCh’ien-lung (i.e., Qianlong) and Commissioner Lin Zexu (i.e., Lin Tse-hsu). Argue for or against the British policies regarding China in the 1800s, using analogies from our own modern times. Finally, compare the British people’s attitudes about immigration during the 1800s to the ones theyposess now. In light of the recent Brexit vote, how ironic is it that the British have taken such a negative attitude toward immigration. 

• Explore:

  Intrusions in Asia

  • The Opium Wars and Foreign Encroachment: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1750_opium.htm
  • Opium Wars with visuals at http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/opium_wars_01/ow1_essay01.html
  • Key documents from China at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1793qianlong.asp and http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/com-lin.html
  • On Brexit vote http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/29/did-britain-really-vote-brexit-to-cut-immigration/