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Turning point · China in Revolution, 1911–1949
The National Protection War
25 Dec 1915 — Yunnan’s generals declare war on Yuan’s monarchy, and the southwest follows. They win — but the precedent is fatal: provincial armies have unmade a central government, and they will remember that they can.
This is one scene of Chapter 2 — Yuan Shikai’s Republic in China in Revolution, 1911–1949.
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