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Turning point · China in Revolution, 1911–1949
The Wuchang rising
10 Oct 1911 — A bomb goes off early in a revolutionary cell in Hankou; the plotters’ membership lists are seized, and the New Army soldiers on them mutiny that night rather than wait to be shot. Within six weeks fifteen provinces declare for a republic. The dynasty that had ruled since 1644 is ended by an accident with a fuse.
This is one scene of Chapter 1 — The Fall of the Qing in China in Revolution, 1911–1949.
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