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REVOLUTIONARY
MOVEMENTS IN MODERN CHINA
THE FALL OF IMPERIAL CHINA
BROADCAST DATE: FEBRUARY 12, 1912
(the day on which the last Qing emperor, Puyi, abdicated the throne; a special hookup permits a live video feed from the First Ring of Hell where four of the five of the panelists have been assembled for this first-ever posthumous broadcast interview hosted by CHINALINE)
TOPIC:
An evaluation of the factors, historical and contemporary, foreign and domestic, contributing to the collapse of the Qing (Ch'ing) dynasty and the end of Manchu rule
PANELISTS:
- CIXI / TZ'U-HSI
- KANG YOUWEI / K'ANG YU-WEI
- LI HONGZHANG / LI HUNG-CHANG
- HUNG XIUQUAN / HUNG HSIU-CH'UAN
(1835 - 1908), THE EMPRESS DOWAGER
[JESSICA BEESON]
(1858 - 1927), REFORMER
[TAMARA BIVINS]
(1823 - 1901), GENERAL
[DAN TREPAL]
(1813 - 1864), REBEL
[JEFFREY YENCO]