China & The Ottoman Empire

What I learned the most about this chapter is specifically how China struggled to get by the European states and trying not to give in. Three of the main challenges that China faces are the military pushes and the political ambitions that European states push through. Another thing was industrialization because China did not want to give in to industrialization. Instead they suffered the consequences and they were not able to keep up with the demand regarding the crops. China was so unstable that it did not collect any taxes, or did not have any flood control or social welfare. The Taiping Uprising was probably the light in China for women and men because of the power that they gave to the people. They also promoted change in marriage since in the past marriage was planned based on family interests and now they were changing things around by promoting mutual attraction over family interests. They also gave men and women a equal opportunity to buy land.