HIS284H5 Lecture Notes - May Fourth Movement, Yuan Shikai, New Culture Movement
Document Summary
Centralization of power nationalization of the railway network. Local power modernization, and tried to do in one hands: always skeptical when the local gain so much power. The outcome of decentralization of china empire: build new political system. Wuhan uprising / revolution of 1911: revolts/uprising/restoration/independence. Business people invest money for railway system. Manchu were not confident because they lost so many times. Manchu sold out the country to foreign power. The abdication of the qing dynasty (1912) and the rise of the republic of china: yuan shikai (1859-1916) & his new army. Republic of china (1912 - now: 1945 second unification of china. Japan: twenty-one demands (1915: japan"s economic establishment, created opportunity for japanese, it was insulting for chinese and make chinese felt upset. New imperialism (since the end of the 19th century: sphere of influence. Iconoclasm whole rejection of the past: dictatorship of the proletariat. Woodrow wilson"s 14 points (1918: national self-determination.
