1888 in China

← 1887 1886 1885 1884 1883 1888 in China → 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1888 History of China•Timeline•Years

Events in the year1888 inChina.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor(14th year)
  • Regent:Empress Dowager Cixi

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili—Li Hongzhang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe—Yang ChangjunthenBian Baodi
• Viceroy of Huguang—Yulu
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan—Tan ZhonglinthenYang Changjun
• Viceroy of Liangguang—Zhang Zhidong
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui—Cen Yuying
• Viceroy of Sichuan—Liu Bingzhang
• Viceroy of Liang gian g—Zeng Guoquan

Events

• Sikkim expedition,an 1888 British military expedition to expel Tibetan forces from Sikkim in present-day northeast India.
• March 12 — Qing government signed a treaty with the US banning Chinese laborers from entering the US in accordance with theChinese Exclusion Act
• Lingnan Universityestablished in Canton, Kwangtung Province, China (now Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China). It was a private university established by a group of American missionaries in 1888
• October 1 — TheScott Act (1888)signed into law, was a United States law that prohibited Chinese laborers abroad or who planned future travels from returning, met with opposition in China, especiallyGuangdong

Births

• Zhan Dabei(1888,Hubei- 1927) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was an anti-Manchu rebel active at the time of the 1911 Revolution