Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Guangxu (akaberekwa muna 1871, akatonga 1875<unk>1908) akarayira nhevedzano yezvigadziridzo zvaiva nechinangwa chokuita kuchinja kukuru munzanga uye mumasangano. Akaita izvi achipindura kushaya simba kwakanyanya kwakaratidzwa nekukundwa kweChina neJapan muHondo Yekutanga yeChina neJapan muna 1894-1895, nguva pfupi mushure meHondo Yekutanga (1839-1842) neYechipiri
(1856<unk>1860) Hondo dzeOpium; uku kurova kwechiuto kwakauya sechishamiso chikuru kuvaChinese, nokuti Japan yakanga yaonekwa senyika inopa mutero, yakanga iri duku zvikuru kupfuura China, uye yairangarirwa seyakaderera. China yakarwisanawo neFrance muHondo yeChina neFrance kubva muna 1884 kusvika muna 1885. Uyezve, kukundwa kweChina neJapan kwakatungamirira kukakavadzana nokuda kwe"zvikomborero" muChina nemamwe masimba okumwe, zvikurukuru noUmambo hweGermany neRussia, kuchimutsazve vaichengeta mararamire akare.