1912 — The abdication — the edges break away

ON THE GROUND

Xinjiang — semi-detached under Yang Zengxin, then Sheng Shicai’s Soviet lean; recovered by Chungking 1942–44
Tibet — de-facto independent after 1912; no Chinese government controls Lhasa again until 1951

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