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Europeans had been in contract with China for more than two hundred years.
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the rebels seized Nanjing and massacred 25,000 men, women, and children.
http://colonialwarfare18901975.devhub.com/blog/744393-chronol0gy-china-in-the-era-of-imperialism/ -
the Treaty of Tianjin was signed which the Chinese agreed to legalize the opium trade and open new ports to foreign trade.
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the Sat-Cho alliance forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the West.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078745276/student_view0/unit3/chapter15/chapter_overviews.html -
Meiji Restoration begins.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/373305/Meiji-Restoration -
The Tokyo School of Fine Arts was established to promote traditional Japanese art.
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/admissions-and-programs/graduate-and-research/graduate-schools/arts-and-sciences.html -
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur.
http://www.russojapanesewar.com/torp-attk-pa.html -
The United States recognized Japan’s role in Korea in return for Japanese recognition of American authority in the Philippines.
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/japanese-relations -
President T. Roosevelt made a gentlemen’s agreement with Japan that essentially stopped Japanese immigration to the United States.
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Japan annexed Korea outright.
http://asiasociety.org/countries/traditions/korean-history-and-political-geography
