China's Three Responses THE 1ST RESPONSE THE 2ND RESPONSE Self-Strengthening Movement(1864-1895) Hundred Days'Reform(1898) Reason of Initiation:the Arrow War and the Reason of Initiation:the First Sino-Japanese Taiping rebellion War Reason of failure:the First Sino-Japanese War Reason of failure: of1894-5 The Empress Dowager's interventionChina’s Three Responses THE 1ST RESPONSE Self-Strengthening Movement (1864-1895) Reason of Initiation: the Arrow War and the Taiping rebellion Reason of failure: the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5 THE 2ND RESPONSE Hundred Days’ Reform (1898) Reason of Initiation: the First Sino-Japanese War Reason of failure: The Empress Dowager’s intervention