Compare and Contrast the way China and Japan responded to the West.?

Question

"FATHER OF THE REVOLUTION"

Describe how each nations decision to respond to the West affected its domestic and foreign affairs in the years that followed.

That is how one Chinese leader summed up what appeared to be the fate of China at the turn of the century. Although China and Japan had shared many similarities in the early 1800s, their leaders responded differently to interest in their countries by Western imperial powers. For China, the result was forced trade agreements, humiliating military defeats, and a crushed rebellion. It would take the courage and perseverance of many Chinese leaders, including Sun Yat-sen, to turn the tide. As the first president of the new Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen (Sun Yixian) was ready to modernize and end a century of domination by imperial powers.

Answer 1

The Japanese sealed themselves off until they were forced to let people in, the Chinese tried to deal with it.

The funny thing is that the Chinese pretty much fell under the control of the West and Japan remained free.

Answer 2

The Japanese decided to mingle after some alone time while the Chinese just thought they could deal with it. Now japan loves the west particularly america and china dismisses much of the western way of life.

Answer 3

The time line of foreign diplomacy for the west is different between Japan and China.
Japan's opening to the west and the policy of "increasing wealth and military power (Fukoku kyohei)" was started in Meiji period (1868-).
Meiji period
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_period
Fukoku kyōhei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukoku_ky%C5%8Dhei

In China, mid 1800s to 1911 was still Qing dynasty.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:China_imperialism_cartoon.jpg
Opium War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War
Treaty of Nanking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Nanking
Convention of Beijing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Peking
Treaty of Saint Petersburg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_%281881%29
Sino-French War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-French_War
Boxer Rebellion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion
Xinhai Revolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhai_Revolution
Sun Yat-sen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Yat-sen#Republic_of_China