HIST 80b Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Kang Youwei, Boxer Protocol, Triple Intervention
7 May 2017
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The treaty between china and japan quickly led to the triple intervention. Policy by the united states demanded that trade be open with china and that the country not be partitioned by the great powers. The result is the formation of spheres of influence, rather than partitions. The french maintained influence in southern china, while the russians in northern. The destroyed summer palace was rebuilt under the orders of the now retired empress cixi during the self-strengthening movement. The emperor increasingly went under the influence of. Kang youwei after china"s defeat in the war. Kang youwei and ito hirobumi sought to introduce meiji-style reforms into china. On the day that ito was to become a key figure in the court, the empress staged a coup that arrested the emperor and executed ito. Empress retook power as regent, and supported the boxers. The boxer rebellion was a northern, anti-west movement backed by the qing government.
