History A-Level
The impact of defeat on Chinese reform and revolution
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The war exposed the failure of the Self-Strengthening Movement and fuelled reformist and revolutionary sentiment in China.
Topics that use The impact of defeat on Chinese reform and revolution
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 2 Defeat and humiliation, 1894–1901 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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