At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, there was a national awakening in China. The factors responsible for this rise of nationalism were the ruthless economic exploitation of the country by the European imperialists. Besides this, the social, economic and political exploitation of the Chinese by the reigning Manchu dynasty in collaboration with the Chinese landlords and the warlords resulted in great poverty in China. This aggravated the nationalist spirit of the masses. In 1900 the Boxer Rebellion broke out, with the aim of overthrowing the Manchu dynasty and of expelling all foreigners from the soil of China. However this rebellion was ruthle

This video examines American attitudes toward Asia from 1776 to the present: the merchants, missionaries, and Marines who-however well-intentioned-often saw in Asia and Asians what they wanted to see, rather than the realities of those cultures and peoples.

Sentimental Imperialists: America in Asia

A U.S. civil government in 1902 replaced the military authority in the Philippines with William Howard Taft becoming the first civil governor. Taft later became an American president. American politics affected the islands as Taft and his successors were unwilling to delegate very much authority to the Filipinos. Eventually, a commission was appointed to investigate the situation in 1921. Under opposition of the Filipino advocates for independence, the commission declared immediate independence would be a betrayal of the Philippine people. Official policy was changed with the election of another United States president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. A bill was passed in 1933 granting the Philippines independence after 12 years. A catch to this was that the US would have military and naval bases. Another catch was that Philippine exports were

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