Chinese revolutions Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
series of political revolutions in China
About Chinese revolutions
—Sun Yat-sen quoting Confucius The two thousand-year oldimperial Chinese systemcollapsed in 1911, beginning with theWuchang Uprisingin what is nowWuhan. Sun Yat-Sen (孙中山Sūn Zhōngshān) was not there at the start—he was in the U.S. raising funds from overseas Chinese—but he quickly returned to China, led the Xinhai Revolution, and founded theRepublic of China(中华民国Zhōnghuá Mínguó). The Qing had only one well-organized modern army, and the man who had built it was General Yuan Shih-kai (袁世凯Yuán Shìkǎi). He had briefly been Prime Minister but had later been exiled after being on the wrong side of one of the court's many intrigues. They recalled him, gave him command of that army, and put him in charge of suppressing the rebellion. Instead he negotiated with Sun then helped the revolution succee
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