Fall Of Qing Dynasty Flashcards
Personal weaknesses
Pu Yi too young to govern
Prince chun lacked authority
Political weakness
Out of touch with hints growing nationalist views
Chinese revolutionaries
Economic weakness
Not equipped to modernise
Military weakness
Little support
Heavily reliant on the loyalty of Beijing army
Financial weakness
Almost bankrupt
Depending on foreign loans
Embarrassed by railway issue
Yuan shikai
Only man who could have saved the dynasty but chose to betray it and join sun hat Sen
Although he did deal with the double tenth
Double tenth
The mutiny at Wuhan which started the revolution
Why did the dynasty fall?
Dismissal of yuan shikai left the Qing with no military
Railway question exposed financial weakness
Growing threat from revolutionaries including sun Yat Sen