Revolutionary Voices from the End of the Qing Dynasty

In this episode, we explore some of the major voices of revolution from the decade preceding the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1912: Zou Rong, Qiu Jin and Sun Yat-sen [Sun Zhongshan].Some names from this episode:Kang Youwei, Confucian advocate of liberal modernization and focus of episode 8Guangxu Emperor, Emperor of China who was put under house arrest by Cixi after attempting to assert his power during the Hundred Days Reform (episode 8)Empress Dowager Cixi, ruler of China during this periodLiang Qichao, disciple of Kang YouweiZou Rong, author of The Revolutionary ArmySubao newspaper, newspaper run by anti-Qing revolutionaries out of the Shanghai International SettlementQiu Jin, China’s first feminist and anti-Qing revolutionarySima Qian, Han dynasty historianMao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Revolution and revolutionary communist par excellenceSun Zhongshan/Sun Yat-sen, leader of the Revolutionary AllianceLi Hongzhang, high level Chinese statesman and advocate of self-strengthening (episode 5)Support the show