The Role Of The Chinese Revolutions In The Early 20th Century

In the early 20th century, revolutions were ubiquitous. Some of the most important revolutions happened in Asia, specifically in China and Russia. While these revolutions may have been similar, with respect to the outcome, their original goals are different. China wished to have a democratic country while on the other hand Russia created a communist society, they both wanted reform in order to increase the standard of living and to increase the power of their country. The 19th century decimated China, there were several factors that led to the decline of the Qing. The most important being the Opium wars, not only did the war weaken China’s people and government, it made other the United States and the United Kingdom stronger. Also floods and