Xinhai Revolution
In 1911 the Xinhai Revolution ended over two thousand years of imperial rule in China and founded a republic built on Sun Yat-sen ideals.
Overview
Railway nationalization protests in Sichuan in 1911 spiraled into national crisis. The accidental uprising at Wuchang on 10 October 1911 spread as province after province declared independence from the Qing. Sun Yat-sen Three Principles of the People, nationalism, democracy, and people livelihood, framed the republican ideal, but he lacked an army. Negotiation delivered the presidency to general Yuan Shikai in exchange for the abdication of the child emperor Puyi in February 1912. Yuan dictatorship and death in 1916 opened the warlord era. The revolution ended the imperial system permanently and created Asia first republic, becoming the founding myth claimed by both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party that succeeded it.
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