In addition to these objectives, new imperialism was also trying to spread its political power and to settle its additional population. Due to the influence of the new imperialism, the European states began to compete to take over the undeveloped regions of the world, which resulted in the end of the nineteenth century, vast empires like Africa and China were divided and many territories of Asia and the Pacific Ocean Many of the islands were captured.
European imperialism had entered the far-east with the partition of Africa. By 1870, most of the country bats were here. Russia had authority over one-third of Asia, India had English suzerainty over it. Japan and China were the only two countries left in Southeast Asia where a European empire could have been established, but Japan itself had now become an imperialist country. Therefore China was the only country left in such a situation where the imperialists could establish their suzerainty. Therefore, the eyes of all countries were now on China.
China's initial contact with European countries
China occupies an important place in East Asia. China has been famous for its culture, art and trade since ancient times. By the fifteenth century China had little contact with other countries in Europe and Asia. At that time there were two major trade routes between Europe and Asia - one route missed by the Red Sea and reached the Mediterranean Sea and the other route went from the Gulf of Iran via Basra-Baghdad to the ports of Asia Minor. Initially the Arab people had authority over these trade routes. These people were civilized and understood the importance of trade, But in the fifteenth century, the Turks came to dominate the Arabs on both of these routes, so these trade routes began to be blocked. Due to the Turks blocking the trade routes, the Europeans were worried about finding new routes for their trade. The people of Portugal and Spain showed special interest in this work. By this time, the device was invented, so in 1498, the Portuguese named Vasco da Gama succeeded in reaching India by circling Africa. The Portuguese found a new maritime route to and from Asia, so they started going to far eastern countries.
