VIEWPOINTS COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

1. On what might Lin, the Boxers, and Gandhi have agreed? On what would they have disagreed?
2. How did each author seek to undermine the moral arguments in favor of imperialism?
3. What role did religion play in the Boxers’ argument? What role did it play in Gandhi’s?
4. How might a Western imperialist have responded to these documents? What counter-arguments might such a person have made to each?