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On [[September 28]], 1898, [[Tan Sitong]] (34-year-old), [[Kang Guangren]] (32), [[Liu Guangdi]] (40), [[Lin Xu]] (24), [[Yang Rui]] (42) and [[Yang Shenxiu]] (50) were beheaded at Caishikou, [[Beijing]]. Tan, the leader of the group, helped to open several schools using a Western educational system. In addition to the [[schools]], the group also built [[ships]], [[railways]] and [[coal mines]], and established [[Xiang Bao]], a newspaper that advocated for reforms and denounced feudalistic policies. On [[September 5]], Tan was promoted as a courtier to push forward the '''[[Hundred Days' Reform]]''' from June 11 to September 21, 1898). The reform was ruined in a coup d' etat and Empress Dowager [[Cixi]] (1835-1908) then returned to power.

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