1888 in China explained

Events in the year 1888 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (14th year)^[1]
  • Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi

Viceroys

• • • Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Yang Changjun then Bian Baodi Viceroy of Huguang — Yulu
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tan Zhonglin then Yang Changjun
  • • • Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Zhidong Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cen Yuying Viceroy of Sichuan — Liu Bingzhang Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guoquan

Events

• Sikkim expedition, an 1888 British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim in present-day northeast India.
• March 12 — Qing government signed a treaty with the US banning Chinese laborers from entering the US in accordance with the Chinese Exclusion Act^[2]
• Lingnan University established in Canton, Kwangtung Province, China (now Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China). It was a private university established by a group of American missionaries in 1888
• October 1 — The Scott Act (1888) signed into law, was a United States law that prohibited Chinese laborers abroad or who planned future travels from returning, met with opposition in China, especially Guangdong

Births

• Zhan Dabei (1888, Hubei - 1927) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was an anti-Manchu rebel active at the time of the 1911 Revolution

Notes and References

1. Web site: Some Notes on a Document Concerning the Tibeto-British Conflict of 1888. 1992.
2. Web site: Chinese laborers excluded from U.S. - Mar 12, 1888 - HISTORY.com . 2018-08-30 . 2018-08-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180831073544/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chinese-laborers-excluded-from-u-s . dead .