"Deliberate government policies were more important than historical circumstances in shaping the history of China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan during the nineteenth century." How might you argue for and against this statement?

Deliberate government policies can be stated as  the policy or practice by a country being purposely doubtful on certain aspects of its foreign policy and agreements

Explanation:

"Deliberate government policies were more important than historical circumstances in shaping the history of China, the Ottoman Empire, and Japan during the nineteenth century." speaking against this statement the solution is discussed belowLike the modern reforms being practiced in China and the Ottoman Empire and Japanese update and consistent efforts were mostly defensive and the stuff based on the horror that the Japanese were in a  dangerous situation, In the industrialization era the British head and the Japanese women who suffer a lot in that era but most of the middle class has been benefited  In China and the Ottoman Empire, some reformers in Japan argued that the oppression of women was an obstacle to the country’s modernization and that family reform was essential to gaining the respect of the West.