1. CHINESE REVOLUTION - 1911 XINHAI REVOLUTION
10TH OCTOBER 1911 – 12TH FEBRUARY 1912
FOUR MONTHS AND TWO DAYS
END TO IMPERIAL RULE AND FEUDALISM
ESTABLISHED REPUBLIC OF CHINA

2. CAUSES POLITICAL CAUSES
INEFFICIENT EMPERORS - MAL ADMN - CORRUPTION - DECENTRALISATION - DEFEAT IN SINO JAPANESE WAR ANTI EUROPEAN AND MANCHU FEELING
SOCIAL CAUSES
POPULATION GROWTH- FEUDALISM- STANDARD OF LIVING- NO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT- MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES

3. CAUSES ECONOMIC CAUSES
LIMITED CULTIVABLE LAND- POOR ECONOMIC CONDITION- POWERFUL TAXATION- WAR INDEMNITIES
IDEOLOGICAL CAUSES
CONFUCIANISM- PROGRESSIVE INTELLECTUALS- WESTERN EDUCATION- MODERN CHINESE NATIONALISM- RACIAL AND NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS

4. CAUSES MILITARY CAUSES
NO COOPERATION- DISLOYALITY- RGIONALISM- POOR PAY- CORRUPTION- LACK OF TRAINNING- NEW MILITARY(1896) ANTI MANCHU NATIONALISM
QING REFORMS
– EDUCATIONAL REFORMS(ABROAD)- POLITICAL REFORMS (DECENTRALISATION)- MILITARY REFORMS(REGIONAL)

5. CAUSES REVOLUTIONARY OPPOSITION NATIONALISM PEOPLE=CHANGE
90% CHINESE : 10% ETHNIC CHINESE(MANJU)
TAIPING REBELLION:
BOXER REBELLION:
EMERGENCE OF SUNYATSEN

6. MAJOR EVENTS
SUNYATSEN: EXPELLING FOEIGNERS- ERADICATING MANJU RULE- ESTABLISHING DEMOCRATIC CHINESE REPUBLIC: 1905: UNITED ALL REVOLUTINARY MOVEMENTS- CHINESE UNITED LEAGUE (TUNGMENGHUI)
YUAN SHIHKAI: MILITARY LEADER OF QING
1911: UPRISING IN SZECHWAN
NATIONALISATION OF RAILWAY LINE CONSTRUCTION
24TH AUGUST 1911 : STUDENTS
3RD JANUARY 1912 : YUAN: 50 GENERALS
1ST FEBRUARY 1912 : DOWAGER TRANSFERRED
12TH FEBRUARY 1912 : EMPEROR ABDICATED

7. RESULTS ABDICATION OF PUYI END OF 2000 YEARS OF IMPERIAL RULE
ERA OF REPUBLIC
ESTABLISHMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION
CIVIL WAR BETWEEN YUAN SHIHKAI AND SUNYATSEN
CREATION OF KUOMINTANG OR NATIONAL PARTY
ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN 1928 AT NANKING
UNIFICATION OF CHINA