Many are poor and isolated from the rest of the world. Others hold to their traditional ways and are reluctant to change
They could get to know each other without supervision.
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They had a cheap fast mode of transportation to go to places and to get to school, home and work without the expense of a car.
Answer: China had decided not to modernize and industrialize
Explanation:
The Sino-Japanese War (the first one, carried out between 1894 and 1895), was a conflict between Japan and China for the supremacy over Korea (which for a long time was the most important client state for China). This war meant the rise of Japan as a great world power by showing the weakness of the Chinese empire (specifically the Qing dynasty).
The war was formally declared on August 1, 1894, with favorable predictions for China by foreign observers, because China had more people to fight. However, the Japanese surprised to be better equipped and prepared, after having successfully modernized.
That is why after more than six months of uninterrupted successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the Weihaiwei port by China, the Qing government sued for peace in February 1895.
ALL OF THE ABOVE. The Massachusetts Body of Liberties places a lot of government authority in the hands of magistrates, maintains that life or property cannot be taken away unless it's done through the process of law, and guarantees that citizens cannot be arrested or punished unless they have broken the law.
