1888 in China
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Events in the year 1888 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- Guangxu Emperor (14th year)[1]
- Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
Viceroys
[edit]- Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Yang Changjun then Bian Baodi
- Viceroy of Huguang — Yulu
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tan Zhonglin then Yang Changjun
- Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Zhidong
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cen Yuying
- Viceroy of Sichuan — Liu Bingzhang
- Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guoquan
Events
[edit]- Sikkim expedition, an 1888 British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim in present-day northeast India.
- March 12 — Qing government signed a treaty with the US banning Chinese laborers from entering the US in accordance with the Chinese Exclusion Act[2]
- Lingnan University established in Canton, Kwangtung Province, China (now Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China). It was a private university established by a group of American missionaries in 1888
- October 1 — The Scott Act (1888) signed into law, was a United States law that prohibited Chinese laborers abroad or who planned future travels from returning, met with opposition in China, especially Guangdong
Births
[edit]- Zhan Dabei (1888, Hubei - 1927) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was an anti-Manchu rebel active at the time of the 1911 Revolution
References
[edit]- ^ "Some Notes on a Document Concerning the Tibeto-British Conflict of 1888". 1992.
- ^ "Chinese laborers excluded from U.S. - Mar 12, 1888 - HISTORY.com". Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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