HIST 1088 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Young Turk Revolution, Xinhai Revolution, Northeast Asia
Document Summary
Japan is the rst round winner issue of reform and the role of westerners in china itself. Japan was much smaller, second-tier power but now dominant. Qing state doesn"t mobilize for an actual war intervention force is not on a massive scale treaty demanding further reparations for china. Us takes its own china policy, scholarship fund, distinguish itself from the undue agression and imperial ambitions of traditional european powers american ambivalence against empire. Eet russians send their baltic eet to korea where it is defeated comprehensive russian defeat leads to rebellion in russia rise for japan japanese victory is tempered by the intervention of foreign powers. Chinese revolution of 1911-1912 tend to be revolutions against autocratic regimes challenged by modernization not solved underlying political con icts. Rst revolution is provoked by russo-japanese war russia"s crushing defeat russia undergoing rapid economic growth, social change, urbanization politically, it remained a top-down autocracy felt it was being beseged and unable to reform,
