British Policy Towards China (1895-1902)
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This book discusses a very important period in Sino-British relations. After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, China under the rule of the Qing Dynasty became the target of carving up by the imperialist powers and began to become a semi-colonial country. On the side of the aggressor, with the rise of emerging powers such as the United States, Japan, and Germany in the Far East, the British interests in China, which were once the most prosperous "empire on which the sun never sets," faced severe challenges. In response to this new change in the situation, the third British Salisbury Cabinet had to adjust its China policy. It shifted from viewing China as a taboo of the United Kingdom to participating in the division of the spheres of influence of the great powers in China. It also began to abandon its traditional policy of "glorious isolation" and tried to find allies. In 1902, Britain and Japan concluded the "Anglo-Japanese Alliance", which marked a major historical turning point in British foreign policy compared with the past.
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