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Powell, Ralph L
Rise of the Chinese Military Power, 12/2015Book Chapter
The reorganization of the central government late in 1906 was followed by a surge of reaction. Unreconstructed conservatives, those who had been deprived of their positions and those who feared they might lose them next, opposed even such compromising policies as the Throne had instituted.¹ Meanwhile, the foreign pressures which had necessitated the reform movement concontinued. Especially was this true in Manchuria, where Russia and Japan had divided the homeland of the Manchu dynasty into two spheres of interest. The weakness of the Throne’s foreign policy further decreased its prestige at home, thus providing a fertile field for revolutionary activity.
