SOCIO-HISTORICAL ROOTS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL REFORMS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of China's development in the first half of the 19th and 20th centuries. China's confrontation with Western culture, which is more advanced than itself in the social and cultural spheres, from the 19th century, the reasons for China's involvement in the world economy, the gradual development of Chinese reforms, etc., are discussed.