Western influence was the major cause of China changing to a republic in 1911. Western powers caused Nationalism to flourish in China which eventually made the Chinese people want their own government so that they could resist the west. From the 18th century the west caused internal strife in China, until the Chinese Dynasties finally collapsed in 1911. The Boxer Rebellion was caused by anti-western people openly attacking Europeans because they felt that Westerners were causing so …showed first 75 words of 914 total…

…showed last 75 words of 914 total…control of Taiwan and Korea to the Japanese. Western powers made Nationalism in China grow enough to make the people want to form their own government. Western powers caused many internal problems in China. They took colonies, tried to force China to trade with them, and caused Japan to become much more aggressive towards China. It was the West that caused China to turn itself from a weak state into a super-power of the world