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remaining an agriculture country.

So in 1898, following the shock of

defeat by Japan, the emperor tries

to introduce reforms, however, the

empress Dowager puts a stop to it.

Then in 1911, revolution sweeps China

and it becomes a republic. In 1914,

Yuan Shikai makes himself a dictator

of China, but after Yuan dies in 1916,
the Chinese were forced to surrender

even more to the British. China descends into a time of disorder.

In 1894, China is again involved in a 3 years after the Yuan’s death, Chinese

battle, but this time with Japan. The students protests in Beijing, which

Japanese quickly prevailed as they becomes the Fourth of May Movement

have industrialized while China was that modernizes China.