EPISODE · Dec 14, 2019 · 23 MIN
The 1911 Revolution
from People's History of Ideas Podcast · host Matthew Rothwell
The overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, followed by the first years of the Republic of China. Further reading on the 1911 Revolution:Joseph Esherick and C.X. George Wei, editors, China: How the Empire FellSome names from this episode:Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Revolution and revolutionary communist par excellenceSun Zhongshan/Sun Yat-sen, leader of the Revolutionary AllianceHuang Xing, Vice-President of the Revolutionary Alliance and military leader of the April 1911 uprising in GuangzhouPuyi, child emperor who abdicated his throne at age fivePrince Chun, regent for PuyiYuan Shikai, leader of Beiyang ArmyEmpress Dowager Cixi, power behind the throne who died in 1908Kang Youwei, Confucian advocate of liberal modernization and Qing loyalistGuangxu Emperor, Emperor of China during the Hundred Days Reform of 1898Song Jiaoren, leading Guomindang organizer, assassinated in 1913Zeng Guofan, leader of Qing forces that defeated the Taiping rebelsLi Hongzhang, high level Chinese statesman and advocate of self-strengthening Support the show
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The overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, followed by the first years of the Republic of China. Further reading on the 1911 Revolution: Joseph Esherick and C.X. George Wei, editors, China: How the Empire Fell Some names from this episode: Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Revolution and revolutionary communist par excellence Sun Zhongshan/Sun Yat-sen, leader of the Revolutionary Alliance Huang Xing, Vice-President of the Revolutionary Alliance and military leader of the April 1911 uprising i...
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