GREAT BRITAIN’S STANCE TOWARDS POLITICAL CHANGES IN CHINA IN THE YEARS 1908–1909

Between 1908 and 1909, significant political changes took place in China. Following the death of the nominal sovereign, Guangxu, and the Empress Dowager Cixi, who exercised real power, the minor Puyi was selected as the new emperor. The regency was assumed by the weak and inept Prince Chun, who dism...

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Published inKwartalnik historyczny Vol. 130; no. 7; pp. 47 - 81
Main Author Pajor, Jan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk 2023
The Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History The Polish Academy of Sciences
Subjects
Diplomatic history
Political history
Pre-WW I WW I (1900 -1919)
dismissal of Yuan Shikai
death of Zhang Zidong
Edward Grey’s diplomacy
death of Cixi and Guangxu
Zaifeng’s regency
British foreign policy
Great Britain’s policy towards China
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Summary:Between 1908 and 1909, significant political changes took place in China. Following the death of the nominal sovereign, Guangxu, and the Empress Dowager Cixi, who exercised real power, the minor Puyi was selected as the new emperor. The regency was assumed by the weak and inept Prince Chun, who dismissed the most in- fluential imperial dignitary, Yuan Shikai, in early 1909. When the second major digni- tary, Zhang Zidong, died shortly later, the Beijing authorities found themselves in cri- sis. The article shows how Great Britain, which had the strongest position among the powers in China, reacted to these developments.
ISSN:0023-5903
2451-1315