Self-strengthening Movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Self-strengthening_Movement
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf art movement
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Yangwu_Movement
gptkbp:cause foreign invasions
limited reforms
conservative opposition
defeat in Second Opium War
lack of institutional change
gptkbp:country gptkb:Qing_dynasty
gptkbp:endDate 1895
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Hundred_Days'_Reform
gptkbp:goal modernize military
strengthen Qing rule
adopt Western technology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Self-strengthening Movement
gptkbp:influencedBy Western technology
Western military systems
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Qing_government
gptkbp:location gptkb:China
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Li_Hongzhang
gptkb:Prince_Gong
gptkb:Zeng_Guofan
gptkb:Zuo_Zongtang
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Opium_Wars
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:First_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkbp:result introduction of Western education
limited industrialization
creation of modern shipyards
establishment of modern arsenals
gptkbp:significance first major modernization effort in China
gptkbp:startDate 1861
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Zeng_Guofan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6