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The '''Qing dynasty''' was the last dynasty to control [[People's Republic of China|China]]. It was established in 1636 by [[Hong Taiji]], an ethnic [[Manchu people|Manchu]],<ref>{{Citation|author=Evelyn S. Rawski|year=1991|title=Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society|chapter=Ch'ing Imperial Marriage and Problems of Rulership|section=|page=177|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520069305|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> as a successor to the [[Later Jin (1616–1636)|Later Jin dynasty]]. While initially isolated to [[Manchuria]] (Northeastern China), the fall of the [[Ming dynasty (1368–1644)|Ming dynasty]] in 1644 allowed the Qing to spread all throughout China and beyond. It stayed in power until the [[Xinhai Revolution]] of 1912, a [[bourgeois revolution]] which would lead to the creation of the [[Republic of China]].
The '''Qing dynasty''' was the last dynasty to control [[People's Republic of China|China]]. It was established in 1636 by [[Hong Taiji]], an ethnic [[Manchu people|Manchu]],<ref>{{Citation|author=Evelyn S. Rawski|year=1991|title=Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society|chapter=Ch'ing Imperial Marriage and Problems of Rulership|section=|page=177|quote=|pdf=|city=|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520069305|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> as a successor to the [[Later Jin (1616–1636)|Later Jin dynasty]]. While initially isolated to [[Manchuria]] (Northeastern China), the fall of the [[Ming dynasty (1368–1644)|Ming dynasty]] in 1644 allowed the Qing to spread all throughout China and beyond. It stayed in power until the [[Xinhai Revolution]] of 1912, a [[bourgeois revolution]] which would lead to the creation of the [[Republic of China]].

Revision as of 00:35, 16 January 2023

Not to be confused with Qin dynasty
Great Qing
大清
ᡩᠠᡳ᠌ᠴᡳᠩ ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ
གྲེཨཏ་ཆིང
1636–1912
Flag of Great Qing
Flag (1889–1912)
Coat of arms of Great Qing
Coat of arms
The Qing Dynasty in 1820 C.E.
The Qing Dynasty in 1820 C.E.
Capital
and largest city
Beijing
Common languagesMandarin, Mongolian, Manchu, Tibetan
Dominant mode of productionFeudalism
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy (1636-1911)
Constitutional monarchy (1911-1912)
History
• Established
1636
• Dissolution
1912
Area
• Total
14,700,000 km²
Population
• 1912 estimate
432,000,000


The Qing dynasty was the last dynasty to control China. It was established in 1636 by Hong Taiji, an ethnic Manchu,[1] as a successor to the Later Jin dynasty. While initially isolated to Manchuria (Northeastern China), the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644 allowed the Qing to spread all throughout China and beyond. It stayed in power until the Xinhai Revolution of 1912, a bourgeois revolution which would lead to the creation of the Republic of China.

The dynasty suffered from the imperialism of Japan and Europe and lost Hong Kong to Britain after the First Opium War in 1839.[2] In 1895, the Qing dynasty lost control over Taiwan and Korea in the First Sino-Japanese War when they were taken over by Japan.[3] The Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the century attempted to reestablish China's sovereignty but was crushed by a Western military alliance which included the United States, Austria-Hungary, Britain, France, and others.[4]

British colonialism

The British Empire attacked China in 1839 to open it to British drug traffickers, beginning the First Opium War. The British Empire sold opium to China throughout the 19th century even thought it was banned in Britain. By 1890, 10% of the Chinese population was addicted to opium.[5]

References

  1. Evelyn S. Rawski (1991). Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society: 'Ch'ing Imperial Marriage and Problems of Rulership' (p. 177). University of California Press. ISBN 9780520069305
  2. China; political, commercial, and social; an official report (1847) (p. 84). London: James Madden.
  3. Jinwung Kim (2012). A History of Korea: From "Land of the Morning Calm" to States in Conflict (p. 304). New York City: Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253000248
  4. Razmy Baroud (2022-11-28). "Xi vs Trudeau: How China Is Rewriting History with the Colonial West" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  5. Felix Abt (2022-12-30). "Shameless Hypocrisy: West Shows Solidarity with Chinese Protesters While it Conceals its Own Earlier Massive Atrocities Against China" CovertAction Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-02.