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__One Hundred Days of Reform:__



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 * The dominant figure of the reform movement was K'ang Yu-wei (1858-1927), the Kuang-hsü emperor asked K'ang to take over the government in June of 1898
 * K'ang argued that China should imitate Japan in its program of reform, China should adopt a constitutional government and abandon the monarchy
 * Laws began pouring out of the imperial court, purpose of changing China into a modern, constitutional state, examples include:
 * the inclusion of Western studies in all Chinese education;
 * the adoption of a public school system;
 * the establishment of popularly elected local assemblies;
 * the eventual creation of a national parliamentary government;
 * Westernization of the Chinese bureaucracy;
 * the development of official ministries to promote commerce, industry, and banking;
 * the reform of the army.
 * The reforms as whole, however, were dramatically threatening to all levels of Chinese society.
 * After only a three months in power, a coup d'etat returned authority to the Empress Dowager and a conservative administration was swept into power.
 * "Ch'ing China: "The One Hundred Days of Reform"" //Washington State University - Pullman, Washington//. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. [].
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