@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialOn #ThisDayInHistory in 1911, the #WuchangUprising began in #Hubei, #China. The armed revolt against the #Qing state came as a surprise, but its success led #SunYatSen et al. to call on other provinces to secede and form the #RepublicOfChina in what became the #XinhaiRevolution.
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@paulinepark.bsky.social#ExtinctionRebellion & #ACTUP members came on Out-FM (@outfm.bsky.social) on WBAI Tuesday to talk about Mt. Sinai's use of AI & I spoke about #SirEdmundBackhouse's involvement with British imperialist attempts to undermine #Qing #China:
@paulinepark.bsky.socialGongli was born #OnThisDay in 1711; the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 ruled China from 1733 to 1796; its last great emperor, he reigned over the #Qing dynasty at its height & redefined the empire as multi-ethnic but he reigned too long...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYh...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qianlon...
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@liamomaraiv.bsky.socialOn #ThisDayInHistory in 1898, the #DowagerEmpress #Cixi staged a coup in #China that ended the transformative policies of the #HundredDaysReform. Her #TongzhiRestoration was partly #reactionary and limited the scope for change to areas like the military. The #Qing fell in 1911.
@paulinepark.bsky.socialMiánníng was born #OnThisDay in 1782, ruling as the #Dàoguāng emperor #道光帝 from 1820 until his death in 1850 during which #China was consumed by the First Opium War with Britain & the #TaipingRebellion, which nearly brought down the #Qing dynasty...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daoguan...
