Generally there is not one source that makes a revolution transpire. China's 1911 revolution was no different in that the reasons that it happened were numerous. Both short term and many long term situations in China mixed together to make

Stemming from the idea of a constitutional monarchy came radical ideas like abolishing the monarchy altogether.

When the Boxer Protocol was enforced the Manchu had to agree to even more foreign demands and when they failed to intervene in the Russo-Japanese war (fought on Chinese soil) anti-Manchu and anti-foreign feeling increased. This lead to a rising Nationalism that said the Manchu were strangers and had they had no right to be in control of China.

Foreign trade upset the natural balance of the economy because the foreign made goods were often cheaper than Chinese made products. This lead to a decline in Chinese industry and a debasement of the Chinese currency.

As the treaty ports grew and flourished the people living there were exposed to many foreign ideas and the urbanised population quickly became tamely Westernised. Many had the idea that change in the old

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