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China Awakens to Republican China and New World Role
A lengthy, period-voice analysis argues that China’s Manchu rule ends as reformers led by Sun Yat Sen push toward a republican system modeled on the United States. It notes Wu Tingfang’s support, the Tai Ping rebellion echoes, and Western influence shaping a modern Chinese state with lessons from Japan and Britain.
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Celestial Empire
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China
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Constitutional Party
United States
Asia
Middle Kingdom
North
Pacific
Ita
Hung Hefeu -Chuen
Christ
Peking
Ainrmad
Charles Gordon
L Hung Chang
Hung Hsifen Chuen
Nanking
Gordon
England
Yang Tse
Forbidden City
Son of Heaven
Central
Young China Party
Revolutionary Party
Sun Yat Sen
Sengoon
Reform Party
Earth
Europe