Analysis of the Reasons for the Failure of Constitutional Reform in the Late Qing Dynasty: From a Comparative Perspective of China and Japan

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10.2991/978-2-38476-553-9_17How to use a DOI?

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Political History; Constitutional Movement; East Asian History; Late Qing Dynasty

Abstract

This Paper analyzes the reasons for the political failure of the constitutional movement in the late Qing dynasty by comparing the similar operating mechanisms and institutions of the constitutional reforms in China and Japan at the end of the 19^th Century and the beginning of the 20^th Century, as well as how the different monarchical cultural differences between China and Japan, the ethnic conflicts within the Qing Empire and powerful feudal forces in the traditional Chinese bureaucratic society led to the ultimate failure of the constitutional movement in the late Qing Dynasty, made local elites and intellectuals disappointed with the Qing Empire, and finally caused the internal downfall of the Qing government.

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AU  - Yushen Zhou
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/03/25
TI  - Analysis of the Reasons for the Failure of Constitutional Reform in the Late Qing Dynasty: From a Comparative Perspective of China and Japan
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 4th International Conference on Educational Science and Social Culture (ESSC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 154
EP  - 161
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-553-9_17
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