CHIN 2052 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Inequality, Yellow Peril, New Culture Movement
25 Apr 2016
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Defeat by japan in 1895, suppression of anti western boxer rebellion in. Weakened qing (manchu); series of reforms strengthened provinces = power bases for revolutionaries. Series of uprisings: in 1912, last qing emperor forced to abdicate. Republic of china with sun yat-sen provisional president; but power seized by yuan shikai = declared himself emperor, but power in hands of provincial warlords. Intellectuals calling for unity, modernization, freedom from foreign control. May 4, 1919: protests in beijing esp. by university students vs. versailles treaty granting shandong to japanese. May fourth movement applied to 1917-27 until outbreak of civil war. Aka new culture movement: embrace of western style democracy, science, technology: critique of confucianism. Education in traditional classics, english, and sciences; in japan in his 20s; studied medicine, sought to cure the sickness of the chinese people; cut off queue (his hair) New culture movement: public politics and literature review new youth (la.
