What were the different effects of the Westernization Movement and the Meiji Restoration in the Sino

The Westernization Movement was only an industrial reform, and it did not change the mode of productive forces at that time, nor did it complete the transformation from an agricultural society to an industrial society. The Meiji Restoration, on the other hand, was a radical change, and an agrarian society became an industrial society. Therefore, in the First Sino-Japanese War, China's ** could only rely on selling, while Japan could build ships.

Due to the different social ideologies of the two sides, the Qing ** still adhered to the old-fashioned rules of officialdom, and Cixi gave an order, the Yoshino returned to Japan, and China had more stone ships. Moreover, the resulting bureaucratic system also contributed to the final failure of China.

We know that the Westernization Movement was carried out spontaneously by some patriotic **, but in fact there was no support from Cixi, and these were all private enterprises, and the real role they could play could not spread throughout the country. And most of them at this time are military-related, and they can't really save the country, such as the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, etc., and most of the later manufacturing is out of specification.

This campaign only develops the economy, not the national conditions, and the Qing Dynasty is still corrupt, and can only be vulnerable to foreign enemies.

The Meiji Restoration, on the other hand, was initiated by Emperor Meiji and was a nationwide movement. That was the power of Japan for hundreds of years, in fact, in the hands of the Tokugawa shogunate, the emperor was just an ornament, so the Meiji Emperor sent a letter to the other two feudal lords in an attempt to restore the imperial power, and the ship clearly saw that the situation was not good, and took the initiative to resign as the shogun. Emperor Meiji and the Meiji Sanjie (Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshitsu, and Kido Takayoshi) issued an edict and completely eliminated the Tokugawa family, abolishing the old system in 1868 and promulgating the "Restoration Decree" to develop capitalism.

After that, Japan's economy developed rapidly, and it was clean and strong, so it was able to win in the First Sino-Japanese War.

During the Westernization Movement, China's ruling class wanted to save the Chinese feudal empire with a centralized system through partial reform without touching the fundamentals of feudal society. The Meiji Restoration was a capitalist reform in which Japanese politicians took advantage of the contradictions between feudal princes to support the emperor and finally realized the top-down feudalism of the entire society.

The Westernization Movement did not help much except for the establishment of the Beiyang Naval Division.

The Meiji Restoration was different, and after the Meiji Restoration, little Japan gradually gained strength, so to speak, after the Meiji Restoration, little Japan had the strength to fight, and at the same time, it was fought for further development.