China's Tongzhi Restoration and Self-Strengthening Movement (1860-1895) | History of China

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Time Codes:

0:57 Tongzhi Restoration
3:24 Self-strengthening movement
6:57 Empress Dowager Cixi and Tongzhi
9:22 Weakness of the self-strengthening movement
11:56 Epilogue

Sources:

Baum, R. (2010). The Fall and Rise of China. The Great Courses: Modern History.
Fairbank, J. K., & Reischauer, E. O. (1989). China: tradition & transformation (Vol. 57). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Horst, D. (1977). Geschiedenis van China. Het Spectrum.
Spence, J. D. (1990). The search for modern China. WW Norton & Company.

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[HoH]

This Friday China clashes with Japan over a dispute in Korea. The Sino-Japanese war would be the deadly and costly test for both countries and reveal which modernisation process had been more successful.

[nynkevdheide]

Great content as always. Also, I love the glasses.

[ThisisBarris]

Love the video but somehow, you improved the video quality at the expense of the audio haha great pictures!

My question is why did we end up writing Ching as Qing??

[zhubajie]

I intentionally visited Prince Gong's mansion trying to learn about him in one of my trips to China. I felt he was the Qing's last hope but unfortunately Cixi prevailed. A small trivial matter, the (New) Summer Palace is not part of the Forbidden City but roughly 15 km to the northwest. Also, it is not on the same site as the Old Summer Palace which was destroyed in 1860 during the Second Opium War. The Old Summer Palace is to the northeast of the (New) Summer Palace of Cixi.

[michaeldefeo]

Cixi has often been accused of creating the conditions that lead to the dynasty's downfall.

[lambo]

A great and fascinating summary. As someone greatly interested in Asian economic history, could you please recommend some more sources to study this? Additionally, would you say that, despite failing to imitate the immediate success of Meiji-era Japan's industrialisation, the modernised education, institutions, restored infrastructure, and military-industrial complexes set up by this movement could have partially contributed to laying foundational preconditions for China's rapid industrialisation a century later?

[SPQR]

Great video m8. I’m in Beijing now. Interesting to learn from you

[ksblightning]

boy that ain't zeng guofan that's feng guifen

[barrysorento]

Another good video, but please get some new frames or contacts.

[venturinoo]

You seem to have a great understanding of the Qing and a passion for learning! However, I find history to be quite boring and I think it would be a win win scenario if you could add a little enthusiasm or life into the videos it would benefit your channel!

[BountyFlamor]

You are wrong about the Boxers being traditionalists for not using guns.
Military History not Visualised has two interviews about the Boxer Rebellion out. The guest has studied the rebellion and says the Boxers just didn't use guns and swarm the 8-nation-alliance because they didn't have guns yet and were ill disciplined. That changed after the Qing allied with them and gave them guns.