Why did the US Imperialize China?

At first, the American interest in China was economic. Americans were looking for new markets to buy goods, as the British refused to deal with Americans. The United States signed a treaty to encourage Chinese immigration and guaranteed them protection from discrimination.

What did Hawaii have that was worth taking over?

A key provisioning spot for American whaling ships, fertile ground for American protestant missionaries, and a new source of sugar cane production, Hawaii’s economy became increasingly integrated with the United States.

When did China Open Up to the west?

In the late 1970s, China began slowly opening to the West. Change unfolded gradually but by the 1990s, serious people wanted to bring China into the modern world, and China wanted to join it. Understand that China’s total GDP in 1980 was under $90 billion in current dollars. Today, it is over $12 trillion.

How can we stop China from taking over the world?

The people of world who support a democratic way of life must do everything in their power now to stop the encroaching of communist powers like china to over power. A great place to start would be to petition your government bodies in mass to not conduct business with Chinese companies.

Who will stop China’s expansion?

The Chinese people themselves will stop China’s expansion, which is determined by China’s thousands of years of history and culture. Historically, after the end of the Qin Dynasty, any Chinese king dynasty dominated by the Han had never made the expansion with the goal of gaining colonies.

Does China have a strategy for engaging the west?

The strategy has been well documented in Chinese literature, published and sanctioned by organizations of the People’s Liberation Army, for well over 50 years. And just as we have hawks and moderates on China within the US, there are hawks and moderates within China about how to engage the West.