Many aspects of China's history attributed to China's revolution in 1911. These aspects were both long term and short term. China's 1911 revolution was somewhat different from those in other countries in that the factors leading up to it were not mainly short termEhey were part of China's long term and inbred culture. It was because of these established roots and ideas that the 1911 revolution did not completely succeed in changing the outlook of many people in China and is often seen in accordance with the effects of the communist revolution in 1949 and then again with the Cultural revolution of the 1960's.
             Generally there is not one source that makes a revolution transpire. China's 1911 revolution was no different in that the reasons that it happened were numerous. Both short term and many long term situations in China mixed together to make a lethal combination of simmering, restless and frustrating problems.
             Taxation in China was a big predicament. As uprisings sprung up all over the country, the government had to increase taxes to suppress these rebellions. But because of corruption on a grand-scale within the government half the money never reached anywhere other that officials pockets. So the taxes were further increased. Then, because of indemnity payments to other powers the taxes were increased again and because the customs tax couldn't be increased (fixed tax) they had to be increased again. As the tried to undertake reform programmes the taxes were increased again. All this on an already starving and miserable population.
             Foreign trade upset the natural balance of the economy because the foreign made goods were often cheaper than Chinese made products. This lead to a decline in Chinese industry and a debasement of the Chinese currency.
             The exhausting corruption which soured the lower levels of government and the way top positions in the g
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