HIST1094 : Modern History II Notes - got a 4.0 in the course!
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The formation of the chinese republic (asian responses to globalization) 20th century moves past empires, asian nations respond to globalization. 1911, china became a republic, stopped being a monarch: america is epitome of non monarchy, government should be determined by ability, not birth and bloodline, the revolution of 1911. Group 1 : reformists: possible to save china within existing monarchy structure, just reform a little bit, best known is ling qichao (from modest family) He and the other reformists put together hundred days. He fled to japan from 1898 to 1912. 1899: save the emperor society: emperor is not the problem, tzu shi is the problem. Group 2: revolutionaries: the qing dynasty has to go how long as they have any sort of power, china cannot become a democracy. Key figure is sun yat sen (born 1866) In 1894, he founded the society to restore. Chinese prosperity : this society"s main aim is to topple the.
