Self-Strengthening Movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Self-Strengthening_Movement

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	art movement
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Yangwu_Movement
gptkbp:category	gptkb:social_reform 19th-century Chinese history
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Qing_dynasty_China
gptkbp:endDate	1895
gptkbp:goal	gptkb:military industrialization modernization
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:late_Qing_dynasty
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Self-Strengthening Movement
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Opium_Wars Western technology
gptkbp:languageOfInstruction	gptkb:Chinese Western languages
gptkbp:notableEvent	establishment of arsenals creation of modern schools establishment of railways establishment of shipyards establishment of telegraph lines sending students abroad
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Beiyang_Fleet gptkb:China_Merchants'_Steam_Navigation_Company gptkb:China_Railway_Company gptkb:Fuzhou_Arsenal gptkb:Imperial_Telegraph_Administration gptkb:Jiangnan_Arsenal gptkb:Kaiping_Mines gptkb:Tianjin_Machine_Factory gptkb:Tongwen_Guan
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Li_Hongzhang gptkb:Prince_Gong gptkb:Zeng_Guofan gptkb:Zuo_Zongtang
gptkbp:opposedBy	conservative officials
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Opium_Wars
gptkbp:region	gptkb:China
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Hundred_Days'_Reform gptkb:Sino-Japanese_War_(1894–1895) gptkb:Tongzhi_Restoration
gptkbp:result	failure to prevent foreign domination influence on later reforms limited modernization
gptkbp:significance	beginning of China's modernization
gptkbp:startDate	1861
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Hundred_Days'_Reform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Li_Hongzhang gptkb:Empress_Dowager_Cixi gptkb:Boxer_Rebellion gptkb:Qing_dynasty gptkb:Zuo_Zongtang gptkb:Zhang_Zhidong gptkb:Qing_dynasty_China
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5