Charter 08's Qing Dynasty Precursor

Feng, C; Larson, J

Charter 08's Qing Dynasty Precursor

Feng, C

Larson, J

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Publisher:: Japan Focus
Citation:: Japan Focus: an Asia Pacific Journal, 2011, pp. 1 - 8
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Feng, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4843-6191	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Larson, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Japan Focus: an Asia Pacific Journal, 2011, pp. 1 - 8	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1557-4660	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33113
dc.description.abstract	The primary goal of the 1908 petition and the constitutional government petition movement as a whole was national salvation, preventing China from colonization. The petitioners believed that the political system of constitutional government was the source of national wealth and power; that the Qing government and the political system of imperial autocracy were outmoded as they kept China poor and weak; and that China would be as rich and powerful as the Western powers and Japan when the political system of constitutional government was adopted. The movement was a lost opportunity because the Qing court, instead of easing its legitimacy crisis through fundamental democratic reform, treated leaders of the movement as state enemies and intensified its legitimacy crisis in the years prior to its overthrow in the 1911 Revolution.	en_US
dc.publisher	Japan Focus	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Japan Focus: an Asia Pacific Journal	en_US
dc.title	Charter 08's Qing Dynasty Precursor	en_US
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Abstract:

The primary goal of the 1908 petition and the constitutional government petition movement as a whole was national salvation, preventing China from colonization. The petitioners believed that the political system of constitutional government was the source of national wealth and power; that the Qing government and the political system of imperial autocracy were outmoded as they kept China poor and weak; and that China would be as rich and powerful as the Western powers and Japan when the political system of constitutional government was adopted. The movement was a lost opportunity because the Qing court, instead of easing its legitimacy crisis through fundamental democratic reform, treated leaders of the movement as state enemies and intensified its legitimacy crisis in the years prior to its overthrow in the 1911 Revolution.

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