Super urgent japan was becoming an imperial power in the late nineteenth century at the same time foreign powers were controlling spheres of influence within an internally weak china which of the following best explains the difference between japan and china at this time? a. japan modernized and adopted western ways while china believed in building on its historic strengths b. japan held onto its feudal past and rigid class system, while china abolished feudalism and adopted democracy c. japan abolished its feudal past and rigid class system while china adopted western values and technologies d. japan closed its ports to foreign trade and turned inward while china modeled its economy on capitalism

The correct option is C

The nineteenth century represents a turning point for the history of China and Japan with the arrival of Western powers in Pacific waters. Although the circumstances of both countries were very different, figuratively we could say that in the second half of the nineteenth century China lost the train of modernity due to its slow economic growth while Japan climbed quickly to the development plane.

Japan and contact with the West; At first they had had contact with some merchants from Holland, Russia and Great Britain.  It was not until 1853-1854 with the Kangawa Treaty, and the US imposition. Through the military Matther Perry, that Japan opened its ports with commercial sights.  All this caused a crisis in their traditional feudal structures, and a population that felt humiliated.

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