Title: On Rights Recovery Movement in Late Qing Dynasty
Abstract: The great powers plundered economic rights of China violently at the turn of 20th century,under the circumstances,people from different sectors of Chinese society rose to resist the imperialist depredation and Rights Recovery Movement rose rapidly.Public opinion promoted the popular sentiment,and the Qing government also secretly supported the movement.The major player of the movement were emerging businessmen,the participants included constitutionalists,revolutionaries and people from all sectors of society,some government officials even got involved in the movement.The movement yielded significant results.It is important to note that the movement included taking back not only rights of railway and mining,but also rights of postal service,telegraph,and shipping,etc.Rights Recovery Movement went through a great development in late Qing Dynasty,and remained one of the important topics during the period of the Republic of China.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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