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A secret society and underground resistance movement founded by Sun Yat-sen on August 20 1905. the society and movement lasted from 1874-1916.
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A group of revolutionaries in the southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty. There were numerous uprisings and organized protests inside China.
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The chain of events immediately leading to the revolution began when an agreement was signed with a four-power group of foreign bankers for the construction of lines on the Hukwang (Huguang) Railway in central China.
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Sun Yat-sen announced the establishment in Nanking. He was inaugurated as the Provisional President of the Republic.
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Hsian-T'ung was the last emperor of China, he was forced to abdicate following Sun Yat-sen's republican revolution. A provisional government was established in his place, ending 267 years of manchu rule in China.
(https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-emperor-of-china-abdicates#:~:text=On%20February%2012%2C%201912%2C%20Hsian,2%2C000%20years%20of%20imperial%20rule.) -
China was a nation in crisis, powerless to stop the incursions of Western colonial powers. In 1912, Sun Yat-sen came to power with Kuomintang, the country’s Nationalist Party. The emperor abdicated, and China became a republic.
(http://www.ovovideo.com/en/founding-the-peoples-republic-of-china/)
