History/Y4/China

Collapse of Imperial China
In the early 1900s, China was ripe for revolution.

China had faced years of humiliation at the hands of outsiders. Foreign countries had control over its trade and economic resources. Many Chinese then believed that modernisation and nationalism was key to survival,and wanted to build up their own army and navy, to construct modern factories. Note that the Dowager Cixi did attept to modernise the country through the self-strengthening movement. Others may fear change.

In sum: One group pushing for this change was the Kuomingtang, also known as the nationalist party. Its first great leader was Sun Yat Sen. In 1911, he successfully overthrew the last emperor of the Qing dynasty,
 * 1) Cixi did a good job in reforming the country, calling for reforms and abolished national examinations. However, she died in 1908 along with the Guangxu Emperor, and Puyi the young prince was left in charge. He was only two years old then. This was followed by the dismissal of Yuan Shikai of his former positions of power.
 * 2) The Qing dynasty