The Hundred Days Reform 1895 China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, Kang and liangs petition and reform campaign, 1300 candidates signed the memorial to protect against the peace treaty Development from below''-to influence the gentry, local elite 1895 Society for the Study of Strengthening(Qiang xuehua 6 newspapers(Zhongwan gongbao, Shinu Bao 1896), etc -writing borrowed from sdK. wide circulation Newspapers - new-style schools and study societies a The Hundred Days?Reform (une 11-Sept 21, 1898) Sept 21, 1898, Empress Dowger's coup d'etat, announcing her return to power to give instruction on administration; Kuang hsu Guangxu) Emperor was forced into"solitary seclusion Legacies of the reform era?The “Hundred Days” Reform  1895 China’s defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, Kang and Liang’s petition and reform campaign, 1300 candidates signed the memorial to protect against the peace treaty  “Development from below” – to influence the gentry, local elite  1895 Society for the Study of Strengthening (Qiang xuehui), newspapers (Zhongwai Gongbao, Shiwu Bao 1896), etc – writings borrowed from SDK, wide circulation  Newspapers – new-style schools and study societies  The “Hundred Days” Reform (June 11- Sept 21, 1898)  Sept 21, 1898, Empress Dowger’s coup d’état, announcing her return to power to “give instruction on administration”; Kuang￾hsu (Guangxu) Emperor was forced into “solitary seclusion.”  Legacies of the reform era?