My fearless backchannel by Tobias Cowles https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2018-12-12 15:35:46 UTC 2026-02-26 15:08:04 UTC hello@padlet.com cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313887746 1793: Macartney Mission from Great Britain. 1.It was the first british diplomatic mission to china 2. China refused british demands 3. It embarsed the british and led to the opium war ]]> 2018-12-12 15:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313887746 kletters https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313891262 1839-1842: Opium War between Great Britain and China.
1. It established the West as a new presence in China.
2. China felt the need to avoid becoming reliant on Britain.
3. It made the people less confident in the power of the current government to protect the people from war.]]> 2018-12-12 15:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313891262 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313891422 1842-1843. Treaty of Nanking establish extraterritoriality and most-favored-nation principle in China. Great Britain acquires Hong Kong. 1.Ended the opium wars. 2. Established European influence in china 3. Hugely embarrassing the stabilizing in china 

]]> 2018-12-12 15:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313891422 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313893541 1860.  
Treaty of Peking; Great Britain acquires Kowloon; Russia gets all lands north of Amur and east of Ussuri Rivers. 1. Continues Chinese losses to superior western weapons 2. More embarrassment because china lost more land 3. More distrust in the government because they where continuing to loose to the west 
]]> 2018-12-12 15:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313893541 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313895413 1884.  
China defeated in war with France; establishment of French Indo-China. 1. European spheres of influence where continuing to divide and embarrass china. 2.the Chinese lost more trust in their government 3. China become more and more unstable 
]]> 2018-12-12 15:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313895413 kletters https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313896009 1850-1864: Taiping Rebellion
1. The people were shown to be skeptical of the current government
2. Depleted China's resources
3. Set the precedent for large-scale revolutions]]> 2018-12-12 15:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313896009 kletters https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313897445 1905: Abolition of the civil service examination system. Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) founds Revolutionary Alliance in Tokyo.
1. Shift away from meritocracy
2. Government is more open to the people
3. Sun Yat-sen prepares for change]]> 2018-12-12 15:54:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313897445 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313897527 1998.  
Hundred Day's Reform attempted by the Guangxu Emperor on advice of Kang Youwei (1823-1901); halted by Empress Dowager Zuxi. 1. Showed how china was attempting meaningful reforms to better complete with western weapons/tech 2.Shows how china was devided over if these reforms where a good idea 3. Because they where stopped china contuined to have inferior weapons which contuined to be a problem
]]> 2018-12-12 15:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313897527 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313899635 1917 Sun Yat-sen sets up rival government in Canton. 1. China was very devided 2. Revolution and meaningful reforms where finally coming 3. Nationalist/Socialist/Democaracy ]]> 2018-12-12 15:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313899635 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313900769 1921 Founding of Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai. 1. China is communist now 2. Sets stage for a civil war with Sun-Yat-Sun's party 3. Shows the Sun-Yat-sen's reforms where not enought for everyone]]> 2018-12-12 16:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313900769 kletters https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313901677 May Fourth Incident
1. Shows that people are unhappy with the government's current state
2. Set a precedent for revolution
3. Sparked an increase in nationalism]]> 2018-12-12 16:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313901677 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313901780 1931 Mukden Incident; Japanese expansion in Manchuria. 1. CHina was contuining to have issues with western tech 2. China needed to be unified to fight off the threat 3.Japan establish a japeanse dominated state ]]> 2018-12-12 16:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313901780 cowlest https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313902015 Long March; Communist headquarters established in Yenan under leadership of Mao Zedong (1893-1976) 1. shows the growing devides in how to reform china 2. Mao Zedong eventally became a stalinesc dictator of china 3. THe communists are no longer part of the military so now they are making their own military ]]> 2018-12-12 16:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/313902015 kletters https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/314124561 Northern Expedition led by General Chiang Kai-shek (1884-1975) reunifies China under Nationalist government
1. The relatively weak Communist party is united (albeit temporarily) with the more powerful Nationalist army
2. Communism is at the center of attention
3. A revolution is completed successfully]]> 2018-12-13 04:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/314124561 kletters https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/314130526 Chiang Kai-shek starts the New Life Movement
1. Established the Nationalists and Communists as enemies
2. Divided the two factions, causing the Nationalist force that had been able to overtake the country to lose a significant amount of power
3. Gave the Communists more reason to oppose and overthrow the Nationalists]]> 2018-12-13 05:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cowlest/18hkwem6k4yz/wish/314130526