External pressure from the Western World
The Opium War (1839-1842)
Spheres of Influence
Sino-Japanese War 1894
Open Door Policy
Corruption, peasant unrest, incompetence
Growing population –food shortage
The Tai Ping Rebellion (1850-1864)
“Self-strengthening” policy
100 days of Reform (1898)
The Boxer Rebellion
EXTERNAL CAUSES
INTERNAL CAUSES
The Decline of the Qing Dynasty
The Fall of the Qing Dynasty
Empress Dowager CiXi tries to make reforms
Qing dynasty was in a state of decay, so they could no longer govern the country.
Unless the Chinese were united under a strong government they would remain at the mercy of other countries
1905- form the Revolutionary Alliance – Nationalist Party
Revolution of 1911
1908- Empress CiXi and Guang Xu died Henry Pu Yi
October 1911- followers of Sun Yat-sen launched an uprising in Central China
Qing dynasy collapsed -–> General Yuan Shigai (president)
Ended 2,000 years of imperial rule
Yuan Shigai died in 1916