Why the Qing Dynasty Irredeemably Declined in the Nineteenth Century

The Fall of the Qing Dynasty
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The fall of the Qing Dynasty
Introduction
In the wake of the 19th century, the Qing dynasty ruled China for 268 years through imperial power. This period is of great historical significance as it marks the rise and fall of the Qing dynasty. The Qing dynasty's legacy of social and cultural achievements stretched across all its peripheral regions. During this time, the Qing dynasty had managed to reign over the small and complex dynasties neighboring it to the far South reigned, such as Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, China, etc. Although its fall is majorly attributed to external forces, the last dynasty endured immense rebellion from opponents at home. This essay seeks to discuss the external and internal forces contributing to the fall of the Qing dynasty between 1911 to 1912.
Murmurs of Dissent
For decades, the Qing Dynasty ruled over China. Simultaneously, it was a single empire with an undisputed superpower with its neighboring countries Korea, Vietnam, and the often reluctant Japan under its wings. However, in the wake of the 19th century, there were murmurs of favors the Emperor had accorded a court official. These rumors quickly spread across the Kingdom, which led to polarized parties, eventually causing massive protests and uprisings across the country. Consequently, there was a growing concern due to the wealth the court official received immediately after Emperor Qianlong's death. Hehsen, the court official, received a wealth that was 15 times more than the national annual revenue. Without a doubt, this laid a firm foundation of corruption in the country, which normalized the buying and selling of Court officials' titles that exacerbated corruption and division amongst cultural and tribal lines.
Imperial Mistakes 
The next major contributing factor to the decline of the Qing dynasty is the gross inability of Lord George McCartney's the diplomat of Europe in China, to predict the vast effects of changes in systems and technologies that the British enacted. As a result, this angered the British, and they felt their capacity and potential to generate innovative technologies belittled. As a result, they declared war on the Qing dynasty. In 1840 the British attacked the Qing dynasty and took over the territories that marked the end of the incredibly long imperialism period.
Mass destruction of Southern China
Then, between the period 1850 to 1864, the European Government, the predecessor to the Qing dynasty, issued the mass destruction of Southern China. Consequently, all the farms, cultural centers based in the Southern region of China were demolished. In essence, this was enacted to weaken the imperialistic mechanisms and systems rapidly gaining root in the South and exploit them commercially. This led to the rise of the Taiping evolution, which mainly comprised French, German, Italian, and American nationals who were on a mission to follow in the British's footsteps. These foreign powers planned on carving territories and take over control in China and its peripheral regions, such as Japan. The foreign power had already initiated a massive sphere of influence to infiltrate the coastal areas. Following this, by 1900, the Europ...