Instructions: Please answer eight (and only eight) of the following ten question

Instructions: Please answer eight (and only eight) of the following ten questions. You may answer them in any order as long as you clearly indicate which question you are responding to. Each question is worth 10 Points (80 points total). Each question should be around 2-3 paragraphs, but you can write more or less if you need. Just write simply and clearly, in your own words. Remember, this is not a research test. DO NOT QUOTE OR CITE FROM THE BOOKS OR LECTURES. I will automatically take off 3 points if you quote or cite. Put things in your own words.
1. Why did Li Hongzhang think the Qing dynasty accepted the opium trade? What did he think the needed to happen to stop it?
2. What was the “Chinese Origins” thesis, and why did many thinkers in the self-strengthening movement refer to it?
3. What was distinctive about Kang Youwei’s interpretation of Confucius? What did he think would happen to the world as time went on?
4. What are some of the key differences between the Tonghak ideas of Ch’oe Cheu in the 1860s and the Tonghak rebels of 1894-1895?
5. What is the “spirit of civilization” according to Fukuzawa Yukichi? How could a country cultivate this spirit?
6. What did the moderate Qing reformers mean when they talked about “Eastern Morality, Western Technology”?
7. What’s the difference between “civilization,” “semi-civilization,” and “barbarism” for Fukuzawa Yukichi? Can you skip any stages?
8. What were the goals of language reform for the Independence Club?
9. What was the Meiji Restoration/Revolution? How was it different from the Self-Strengthening Movement?
10. What was the Sinocentric worldview? Why did people begin to doubt it?
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