railway protection movement

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political movement protest campaign social movement

The railway protection movement was a widespread 1911 Chinese protest campaign against the Qing government's handling of railway nationalization and foreign loans, which helped spark the Wuchang Uprising and the Xinhai Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement ⓘ
protest campaign ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
contributedTo 1911 Wuchang Uprising ⓘ
surface form: Wuchang Uprising

1911 Wuchang Uprising ⓘ
surface form: Xinhai Revolution
country Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qing China
endCause outbreak of Xinhai Revolution ⓘ
field Chinese politics ⓘ
economic nationalism ⓘ
railway policy ⓘ
followedBy collapse of Qing dynasty ⓘ
hasCause Qing government railway nationalization policy ⓘ
foreign loan agreements for railway construction ⓘ
local gentry opposition to loss of railway investment rights ⓘ
provincial elites’ defense of economic interests ⓘ
hasEffect growth of anti-Qing sentiment ⓘ
increased support for revolutionary groups ⓘ
radicalization of provincial elites ⓘ
weakening of Qing central authority ⓘ
historicalPeriod Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: late Qing dynasty
location Guangdong Province ⓘ
surface form: Guangdong

Hubei Province ⓘ
surface form: Hubei

Hunan Province ⓘ
surface form: Hunan

Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form: Sichuan

Central China ⓘ
surface form: central China
motivatedBy Chinese nationalism ⓘ
defense of provincial economic autonomy ⓘ
opposition to foreign imperialism ⓘ
opposed Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qing government

foreign financial control over Chinese railways ⓘ
opposedBy Qing army ⓘ
Qing provincial authorities ⓘ
participant local militia ⓘ
merchants ⓘ
provincial gentry ⓘ
railway shareholders ⓘ
students ⓘ
relatedTo Chinese revolutionary movement ⓘ
foreign concessions in China ⓘ
railway nationalization in China ⓘ
significantEvent clashes between protesters and Qing troops ⓘ
mass demonstrations in Sichuan ⓘ
strikes and boycotts ⓘ
startTime 1911 ⓘ
temporalContext 1911 Wuchang Uprising ⓘ
surface form: 1911 Revolution

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1911 Wuchang Uprising → hasCause → railway protection movement ⓘ