🎧 Lecture 5: The Self-Strengthening Movement, 1860–1890 | The Fall and Rise of China by Richard Baum

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Facing external and internal pressures, China's faltering empire attempted fundamental reforms. Investigate the Manchus' multifaceted effort to absorb Western science and technology while preserving Confucian institutions. Learn also about the internal sabotage of reform and the other factors in its ultimate failure, as Japan effectively wins the race to modernize.