*1898/9/21 A ''coup'' in China returns the [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] to power. The [[Guangxu Emperor]] is confined in seclusion, [[Kang Youwei]] flees into exile, and a number of his associates are gathered up and executed, becoming the "[[Six Martyrs]]." The government turns dramatically from radical reformist to conservative reactionist attitudes & policies. | *1898/9/21 A ''coup'' in China returns the [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] to power. The [[Guangxu Emperor]] is confined in seclusion, [[Kang Youwei]] flees into exile, and a number of his associates are gathered up and executed, becoming the "[[Six Martyrs]]." The government turns dramatically from radical reformist to conservative reactionist attitudes & policies. |