Xinhai Revolution - The Second Opium War
Time: Wednesday Oct 24, 1860
Place: China
Details: Following defeat in the Second Opium War in 1860, the Qing tried to modernize by adopting certain Western technologies through the Self-Strengthening Movement from 1861.
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