维新运动期间，英国在华代理人曾发表支持中国变法的言论，抛出变法方案，图谋利用维新派遏制沙俄在华扩张势力，逐步改造清政权，使其成为英国统治中国的工具。戊戌变法失败，英国竭力拯救光绪和维新派，干涉中国内政，原因是英国一向视维新派为亲英派，不希望看到具有亲俄倾向的后党将维新派一网打尽，后党与英国的关系一度十分紧张，但两者的根本利益毕竟是一致的，双方均有改善关系的愿望。１８９８年末英国与后党的矛盾有所缓和。维新派寄望于英国支持，严重脱离人民群众，结果，作茧自缚，软弱无力，他们的失败是必然的 During the reform movement, British agents in China published speeches in support of China’s reform and put forward a plan for changing the law. They tried to use the reformists to contain the expansion of tsarist Russia in China and to gradually reform the Qing government so that it could be used as a tool for Britain to rule China. The failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 resulted in the British efforts to save Guangxu and the reformers and interfere in China’s internal affairs because the British always regard the reformers as pro-British and do not want to see the post-Party with pro-Russian tendencies push the reformists all over and the relations between the post-Party and the United Kingdom It was very tense at the moment. However, the fundamental interests of both parties are the same after all. Both parties have the desire to improve their relations. At the end of 1898, the contradiction between Britain and the post-party eased. The reformists, with the support of Britain and their severance from the people as a result, are weak and weak, and their failure is inevitable