History Essay: China The weakness of the Chinese empire by the nineteenth century can be explained as much by the superiority of the westerners as by the traditional Chinese society. ... Besides this China was forced to hand over a massive sum of money to the British Empire, as well as the island of Hong Kong. ... The major downfall of the movement was the failure to re-invest profits, rather all profits went to the emperor (this being part of Chinese tradition). ...

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