HIST 2910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kang Youwei, Yuan Shikai, Liang Qichao
20 Apr 2016
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02/11/2016: 100 days and boxers united in righteousness (1898-1900) China lost the sino-japanese war which was a great concern on a global scale the. I foresee in the future a fight for life and death between the white and the. The sooner therefore the nations belonging to the white race understand this and join in common defense against the coming danger, the better. Qing court: idea that china was on the brink of extinction (social darwinsim) 1805: empress dowager believed in self-strengthening through agriculture, confucianism, and. Western imports; empress retires in late 1880s and rebuilds old summer palace along with a marble boat that was supposed to be installed in the navy. 1898: questioning of self-strengthening ways; scholars write to guangxu of concerns (i. e. liang qichau and kang youwei) In 103 days: 40+ reforms set through including freedom of press, an imperial western-style uniform, government budget, no male civil service exams.
