Dinastia Qing / Manchu (2 ene 1644 año – 1 ene 1912 año)

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13. Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China, succeeded by the Republic of China in 1912. The Qing were made up of ethnic Manchus from the northern Chinese region of Manchuria.


FOTO: China’s last emperor, Pu Yi, aged three with his father and younger brother (Credit: New York Tribune).

The Qing dynasty was the 5th largest empire in world history. However by the early 20th century its rulers were weakened by rural unrest, aggressive foreign powers and military weakness.

During the 1800s, Qing China faced attacks from Britain, France, Russia, Germany and Japan. The Opium Wars (1839-42 and 1856-60) ended with Hong Kong ceding to Britain and the humiliating defeat of the Chinese army.

On 12 February 1912, 6-year-old Puyi – the last emperor of China – abdicated. It brought an end to the thousand-year imperial rule of China and marked the beginning of republic and socialist rule.

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