HIST 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Yuan Shikai, Revive China Society, May Fourth Movement
30 Mar 2019
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February 20th: formation of republican china: last years of the qing: qing forced to pay reparations after failure of boxer rebellion. Western ideas to modernize china by socialism, anarchism, and fascism: anti-manchu resentment: manchu was source of china"s ills as they were not legitimate. Han should rule as they were the legitimate rulers: sun yat-sen: not trained in confucian schools, instead studied in hawaiian missionary school. Hong kong to practice western medicine, and began to discuss political reform and founding of roc: revive china society: promoted anti-manchu activities, revolutionary alliance: sponsored uprisings in china, sponsored by abroad chinese and supported by. Shanghai in december 1911 and became provisional president. Sun and supporters revolted, but yuan quashed rebellion and forced sun and supporters to flee to japan: tibet and britain: britain had interest in tibet, and established talks with tibetan government without. Chinese politics: roc: founded 1912, had modern symbols but in reality was fractured.
