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The PRC's history commission, and the University of Beijing!. Okay, smart@ss answer aside, I'll do my best!.

1) The only two foreign countries that successfully controled China, were the Mongols, who of the two were the only ones who managed to conquer the whole country, and after that, the Japanese, who only ruled Manchuria!. Because the Manchu were not well liked, at first China did not really care or put up much of a fight, however, when the Japanese started making inroads deeper into China and engaging in all kinds of barbaric acts, that changed everything!. Far as the European powers, they only INFLUENCED China, but they never conquered, colonized, or controlled it!. With technology, they kept the Manchu dynasty in power much the same way the United States keeps the Al-Saud in power today, but as far as the U!.S!. actively having CONQUERED Saudi Arabia, the pressence there is limited to a few american politicians, and the army bases!. It was much the same in China!.

2) The colonizers picked China because of its enormous population which could be exploited for cheap labor, which is still somewhat true today actaully!. It was nearly impossible for the west to ever truly conquer it because, again, China's population was too freaking huge, and if an army of white men made inroads into the country well, they kinda would stand out!. All the Chinese had to do was put a price on any and all white person's heads, and that would be enough to restrict white people's mobility only along the coast!. Paranoia regarding China, stemmed from the fact that when the population became more and more hostile, because the Manchu were basically slave overseers taking in 60% of the profit, and dividing 40% among the various western powers (trust me though it was a huge "40%"), China, to any and all foreigners in the 19th century, became a very dangerous country!. The rebels encouraged any "patriotic Chinese, to kill any armed white man on sight!." Before you knew it the Manchu dynasty was toppled; that the west managed to "conquer China" is a myth; China was controled by the Manchu, but an outright land war, an outright conquest, never happened, and the Brits only managed to take Hong Kong during the opium wars because of their navy!. also, unlike India where they had willing traitors to work with, culturally, the Chinese were too unified against the Manchu for them to try the same tactics!.

3) The effect of, ah, "colonization," was that it had a pacifying effect on Europeans!. Before they encountered China, they thought themselves invincible!. When they encountered a country potentially 10 times more powerful than the combined might of the western world they began crapping themselves!. When they returned to Europe, their expansionist policy all but stopped, and while there were still areas of the world some European powers COULD have taken, they chose not to!. Aside from that, most Chinese cultural ideas, ranging from the writtings of Lao Tze, Kung Fu Tze, among others, made inroads into western libraries!.

4) Again, China was never "ruled" by the west, a tyranical government was only funded and equiped by it, but even then, China's "independence" came in the year 1912, the same year the Titanic sank actually!. In 1912, Doctor Sun Yat Sen, led a successful rebellion against the Manchu!. Not only against the Manchu, but because he was educated in a western University, he studied extensively on western military tactics!. Entirely self taught in western military training, he made his group of rebels drill, run obstacle courses, and practice marksmanship, basically single handedly modernizing China's army!. Because he had plenty of volunteers, Dr!. Sun Yat Sen even organized an officer structure even though he himself never adopted a rank!. With a newly trained army, Chinese rebels made mincemeat of both the Manchu, and their western allies as they were overwhelmed by numbers!.

5) That would be Sun Yat Zen, Chang Kai Shek, and Mao Zedong and believe it or not, Mao and Chang during their rebel days were actually very close friends, despite having had different backgrounds!. It was largely because of their friendship, that "Chairman Mao" did not have Chang Kai Shek killed or assasinated!.

6) The lasting effects have been that were China was for most of its history pacifist, with long periods of peace lasting centuries interrupted by brief hellish periods of war, only to have peace again, exposure to the west has given the Chinese government a more warlike attitude!. Whereas before Chinese rulers historically invested more in education, roads, public works and what have you, modern rulers invest more in the military than at any other point in China's history!. So, that would be a negative effect!. The positive, is that being exposed to the outside world means that China can have potential allies now!. Not only that, but there is no danger of China "falling behind" because with many people studying abroad they can take the latest state of the art technology to the country!.

The main lasting effect of imperialism however, which was largely negative, is the power vacuum, which is a common occurrence among all western influenced countries or I should say exploited!. Dr!. Sun Yat Sen died of cancer because he was a chain smoker, almost always seen with a cigarrete or a pipe in his mouth!. When he died, an educated man who could have organized China, and brought it into the modern world early in the 20th century, that chance, died with him!. Chang Kai Shek came from a priveleged background, and all along he wanted power for himself, that is, he wanted what the Manchu dynasty had!. In time China's population saw him as a traitor and as "just another colaborator!."

While Mao Zedong received a lot of equipment and guns from the soviet union, it was all trashy, outdated equipment they wanted to get rid of!. also, all Russia ever gave Mao Zedong was "rah, rah" talk, but little else!. The reason the Chinese so readily supported Mao instead of Chang, is because Mao upon establishing power, promised that he would rule China, but without the west exploiting them the way they did when the Manchu ruled!. Beause Chang Kai Shek was seen, and had a reputation for, hobnobbing with westerners, whereas Mao Zedong lived in the same harsh conditions as his communist rebels, this gained him sympathy with the Chinese!.

Chang Kai Shek very nearly took control of China, and despite the Manchu dynasty being gone, throughout the 1930's the Chinese said "wait a minute; before it was the Manchu, the British, French, Germans and various other Europeans but now its Chang Kai Shek and the Americans!.!.!.!.!.!." Basically, from the Manchu fall in 1912, to the 1930's, the Chinese saw it as a changing of the guard as far as oppression was concerned!. Worse yet, the Soviet Union stopped supporting Mao and his communist rebels so it seemed as if things would continue as before!. But then the Japanese invaded Manchuria, wanting it for themselves, not for China, not for the west, but for Japan!.

Chang Kai Shek, found himself fighting a losing war, and because he knew his friend Mao was a tactical genius, he offered a "truce" to his old friend and asked him to fight the Japanese!. With Chang Kai Shek doing the talking, attempting to convince the western powers to help China, and with Mao doing the fighting, eventually, with little American help, the Japanese were driven out!. This only worsened things for Chang Kai Shek because now Mao Zedong was a war hero!.

As to how this ties with the negative consequences;

In China, traitors and collaborators, were known to have been wealthy!. That is, the few Chinese that became rich during western colonial days in the 19th century, did so from working closely with them!. Dr!. Sun Yat Sen only became educated because he received the early part of his education at a Christian school and, incidentally, the man I believe was a Christian!. Because the people who were rich and educated, the great majority of them, worked with the west, there was a lot of animosity!. You take into account Mao Zedon's hardline communist ideology, and naturally that combination was not very good for the wealthy elite of China who were driven to Taiwan!.

Here is the thing though; you need educated people to run a country because with so many people, so many resources, you need organizational skills and more importantly math skills to be able to set oh, I don't know, numerical projections, financial predictions or what have you to help manage resources!. Because Mao Zedong basically got rid of an entire educated professional class, China was left Doctorless, Engineerless, Scientistless, well, you name it!. Because Mao Zedong was forced to appoint to positions of power people who sometimes didn't even know how to read, their incompetent work lead to the starvation of millions whose lives could have been saved, if the west had never been there in the first place to favor people conniving enough to work with them!.

The millions of deaths under Mao's regime, was rooted in the fact that what educated people China had, were all snobs, and the medical doctors, often charged ridiculous prices if poor sick people were to be attended in fact, part of the reason Dr!. Sun Yat Sen had so much support, and a wide following, is because even though the man himself lived in miserable poverty from not taking money, he nevertheless as a medical doctor attended the sick poor of China!. In fact, regarding Mao Zedong, to the end of his life he could not speak about Sun Yat Sen without his eyes welling up with tears!.

The main negative effect, would have to be the millions dead of starvation under Mao's new agricultural program, which was run by illiterate, incompetent people!. The Www@QuestionHome@Com

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No one empire or nation has ever controlled the entire nation known as China!.

Colonizers picked China for the same reasons the picked their colonies in Africa, and North/South America!. Expansion and valuable resources!.

Once again, no country ever colonized the whole of China, therefore China was never anyone country's colony, and the name "master" does not apply!.

Hong Kong, which was part of the British Empire, returned to China in 1997!. Macao, or Aomen, which was once part of Portugal's empire, returned to China in 1999!.

China's "heroes" for achieving independence were Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong!.

China has been an independent nation since 1949, and conducts its business with other nations in a true Chinese fashion!. Some lasting effects of imperialism in Hong Kong and Macao do remain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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They torture Christians and monks!. They kicked out hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in Shanghai to make the city seem cleaner!. They censure free speech (ever see anyone from China on this site!) If you want to leave the country, they lock you in prison (if you're lucky), and if you want kids, you can only have one or else you have huge fines!.

The land is beautiful, the people are beautiful, but the government is ugly commie hypocritical and evil!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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sorry, don't mean to be annoying but this sounds to me like homework!. it's better not to cheat here for your homework and potentially get wrong answers; it's much easier to look those things up on google!. trust me, there's a ton of china sites that'll give you more than enough info!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Don't ask the Chinese!. I'm American and only know about 15% of things about the country!. Ask a historian!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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japan invaded parts of china during WWII if that helpsWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Google "Opium Wars" and that will answer several questions!. Only the Mongols really ever conquered China proper, google Genghis Khan, until the Japanese invaded in the 1930s!. There were lots of Europeans in Shanghai at that time!. The Portugese had a small foothold, google "Macao" or "Macau"!. Google "Hong Kong" for info on the Crown Colony!. Lasting effects are speculative, but the China have long memories!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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