Chinese Industrial Revolution By z.vic73 Period: 1644 to 1912 Qing Dynasty Period: 1850 to 1864 Taiping Rebellion https://www.britannica.com/event/Taiping-Rebellion 1861 Empress Dowager Cixi https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cixi 1890 Employing Modern Machine Methods Apr 17, 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Shimonoseki 1899 Creation of Dah Sun Cotton Mill http://biography.yourdictionary.com/chang-chien 1907 British Government Signed Treaty to Eliminate imports of Opium