Railway Protection Movement
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The Railway Protection Movement, also known as the "Railway Rights Protection Movement", was a political protest movement that erupted in 1911 in late Qing China against the Qing government's plan to
Monument in honour of the martyrs of the Railway Protection Movement in People's Park, Chengdu
Pu Dianjun, one of the organizers of the Sichuan Railway Protection League, who became the head of the Sichuan revolutionary government during the Xinhai Revolution.
Hukuang bond, issued 15. June 1911
Zhao Erfeng
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Zhao Erfeng, courtesy name Jihe, was a late Qing Dynasty official and Han Chinese bannerman who belonged to the Plain Blue Banner. He was an assistant amban in Tibet at Chamdo in Kham. He was appointe
Railway Protection Movement
…resolution calling on the Sichuan public to withhold the payment of grain taxes to the Qing government. On September 7, the Governor-General of Sichuan, Zhao Erfeng had Pu Dianjun and other leaders arrested and closed the company. Enraged protesters then marched on the Governor-General's office in Chengdu demanding…
Zhao Erfeng
The execution of Zhao Erfeng
Zhao Erfeng