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Events in Asia in Dr. Sun's Era
Happenings in China and Elsewhere
Meiji Restoration in Japan 1868; reforms in era of Emperor Meiji, 1868-1912
Dr. Sun traveled, lived and organized political activities in Japan where thousands of
Chinese went to study.
Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895, Statesman Li Hongzhang negotiates Treaty of Shimonoseki
for a defeated China.
Dr. wrote Li a letter offering his ideas and services to modernize China; he received
no answer and left for Hawai`i where he organized the Xingzhonghui.
Dr. Jose Rizal, Philippine nationalist reformer, executed by Spanish, 30 December
1896.
Dr. Sun sympathized with Philippine nationalism and the independence movement.
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Photo of Rizal Statue, Honolulu
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"Dr. Jose Rizal's statue stands at the mall entrance
to Chinatown Cultural Plaza, opposite the statue of Dr. Sun."
L. Pang photo
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Spanish-American War: U.S. Commodore George Dewey destroys Spanish fleet in Manila
Bay, 1 May 1898.
Emilio Aguinaldo proclaims Philippine independence, 12 June 1898; promulgates
Constitution, 21 January 1899.
100 Days Reform under Qing Emperor Guangxu, instigated by reformers including Kang
Youwei and Liang Qichao, June-September 1898. Kang and Liang supported
constitutional reform.
Dr. Sun gave Liang a letter of introduction to Hawai`i's Chinese but Liang drew
supporters away from Sun.
Boxer Uprising attacks Chinese Christians and besieges Beijing's foreign legation
areas, 1900.
Young student revolutionary Zou Rong writes anti-Manchu tract The Revolutionary Army,
1903.
Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905
Chinese nationalist boycott of U.S. goods to protest American anti-Chinese acts (e.g.,
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act and mistreatment) June 1905.
Russian Revolutionary attempt 1905
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