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Turning point · China in Revolution, 1911–1949
Yuan Shikai’s republic
1912–16 — The general who brokered the abdication takes the presidency, crushes the 1913 “Second Revolution,” dissolves parliament — and in 1915 proclaims himself emperor. Province after province rises; he dies in June 1916 with the state’s institutions dead around him. The armies he built remain: every warlord of the next decade is his heir.
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