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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:
- HUNG XIUQUAN / HUNG HSIU-CH'UAN (1813 - 1864), REBEL
- LIN ZEXU / LIN TSE-HSU (1785 - 1850), IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER
[JOSEPH GLIVAR]
[STACEY SALYERS]