Events in the year 1888 in China.
Incumbents Guangxu Emperor (14th year) Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Yang Changjun then Bian Baodi Viceroy of Huguang — Yulu Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tan Zhonglin then Yang Changjun Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Zhidong Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cen Yuying Viceroy of Sichuan — Liu Bingzhang Viceroy of Liangjiang — 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 the Chinese Exclusion Act Lingnan University established 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 — The Scott 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, especially Guangdong
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
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