Title: Designating Crown Prince in 1899 and the Political Crisis of the Late Qing Dynasty
Abstract: After the coup in 1898,the diehards of the Qing Government planed to dethrone the Guangxu Emperor who had been arrested. In early of 1899,the diehards declared that Pujun was the crown prince of the Guangxu Emperor. The society took respone to what the diehards had done. Some governors's attitude was very ambiguous. Western countries intervened in this thing through diplomatic way. Opposition from different powers made the diehards lonely in polity. So the diehards were hostile to western countries. Their thought made a hint foreshadowing later developments in serious confusion of diplomatic politicy in the Boxers Movement in 1900.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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