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First Opium War
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First Opium War
British forces fought a war on behalf of drug traffickers. Their victory opened up the lucrative China trade to British merchants. This was all done with the full blessing of the British government. -
Taiping Rebellion
Revolt against the Qing dynasty in China, fought with religious conviction over regional economic conditions -
Self-Strenghtening movement
Push to modernise China, in the fields of industry and defence. Foreign imperialism in China, its defeat in the Second Opium War, the humiliating Treaty of Tientsin and the Taiping Rebellion, exposed the dynasty’s military and technological backwardness, particularly in comparison to European nations. -
Sino-Korea Japanese
Two invasions of Korea by Japan in those years, and to the resulting conflicts on the Korean Peninsula. Kampaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi led the newly unified Japan into these invasions with the professed goal of conquering Ming Dynasty China. -
Boxer Rebellion
The rebels, referred to by Westerners as Boxers because they performed physical exercises they believed would make them able to withstand bullets, killed foreigners and Chinese Christians and destroyed foreign property. -
Russo Japanese war
Military conflict fought between Russian Empire and Empire of Japan. Much of the fighting took place in northeastern China. The Russo-Japanese War was a naval conflict, with ships exchanging fire in the waters surrounding the Korean peninsula. -
Pu Yi becomes emperor
After the death of the emperor, Pu Yi, with only two years old became emperor -
Double Tenth Revolution
Group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. -
End of Qing Dynasty
Qing Empire faced a number of challenges to its rule, including a number of foreign incursions into Chinese territory. -
First Republic Yuan Shi
Delegates from the independent provinces elected Sun Yat-sen as the first Provisional President of the Republic of China. Yuan Shikai agreed to accept the Republic and forced the last emperor of China, Puyi, to abdicate. The republic succed Quing dynasty.
