The first decade of the twentieth century (1900 - 1909) saw the boxer rebellion and major reforms in the education and political systems of Qīng China.
  1900 
-  1900 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
-  June: Boxer forces attack foreign compounds in Běijīng 北京 and Tiānjīn 天津
 
  1901 
-  1901 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
-  September 7: Boxer Protocol signed
 
  1902 
-  1902 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
-  June 25: New Army renamed Beiyang army; Yuan Shikai named Minister of Beiyang
 
  1903 
-  1903 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
  1904 
-  1904 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
-  February: Declaration of Russo-Japanese War; Battle of Port Arthur
 
  1905 
-  1905 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
-  August 10/20: Founding of Tongmenghui 同盟會 in Tokyo
-  September 2: Examination system abolished
-  September 5: Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russo-Japanese War
 
  1906 
-  1906 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
  1907 
-  1907 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
  1908 
-  1908 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  The Jetavana Monastery 祇洹精舍 opens in Nánjīng 南京
-  Shì Dōngchū 釋東初 born in Tài County 泰縣, Jiāngsū 江蘇
-  Jùzàn 巨贊 born in Jiāngyīn County 江陰縣, Jiāngsū 江蘇
-  Zōngyǎng 宗仰 returns to China from Japan
-  The Kalaviṇka Hermitage Canon 頻伽精舍校刊大藏經 is published
 
-  Political Events
  1909 
-  1909 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:
-  Buddhist Events
-  Political Events
-  January 21: Guāngxù era ends
-  January 22: Xuāntǒng era begins