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=__China, Autumn 1898__=




 * September 21, 1898 Empress Dowager Ci Xi, with the help of Yuan Shikai, led a coup d'etat against emperor, Guangxu, Ci Xi in turn taking over the government and ending the 100 Day Reform
 * Many conservative Manchu Chinese were put in top official positions, strengthening anti-manchu feelings among the Chinese
 * At this time China was starting to be influenced by foreign countries like the US; many foreigners and missionaries were coming to China trying to implement their culture and beliefs
 * Many Chinese people saw this as a threat to their culture; a members of a group known as "boxers" in the west would travel around China destroying anything foreign
 * Reforms similar to those in the Hundred Day Reform were put into place by Empress Ci Xi; some of the original reforms from the HDR were allowed to continue, to the opposition of some of the Chinese population


 * Citations**

(Information) http://www.funfront.net/hist/china/hdreform.htm

Patricia Ebrey, //The Cambridge Illustrated History of China// (Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1996), 255. http://www.wellesley.edu/Chinese/Chin110/Timeline/StudentResponses/Ming/1898_boxer_rebellion.html

"China Hundred Days Reform 1898." //On War//. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. < http://www.onwar.com/aced/data/charlie/china1898.htm >.

(Picture) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/The_Empress_Dowager_Cixi.JPG