Meiji gained real power through the ending movement and implemented a constitutional monarchy. Japan's capitalism has developed more maturely and mastered more powerful military forces. Can compete with the conservative forces of the feudal shogunate and finally defeat them.
Guangxu, as the last monarch of China feudal society, was corrupt and backward. He had no real power from his succession to his death and was controlled by Empress Dowager Cixi. During the Reform Movement of 1898, I wanted to be the king of ZTE, but I had no military power. Zhongxing Movement was strangled by Cixi and stillborn. At the end of the shogunate, Meiji seized real power and won the support of the bourgeoisie, so it was possible to carry out drastic reforms according to its own will, which was beyond Guangxu's power. For Guangxu, having real power is always a dream. In addition, the powerful conservative forces make it difficult for him to implement his reform, even if he has real power.