Beiyang Army
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The Beiyang Army, named after the Beiyang region, was an army established by Yuan Shikai in 1895. It was the centerpiece of a general overhaul of the Qing military system in the wake of the Boxer Rebe
The Xiang Army during the Battle of Nanjing in the Taiping Rebellion
Japanese print showing the Huai Army fighting the Japanese at Pyongyang, 1894
Yuan Shikai's Right Division of the Guards Army escorting the Qing court back to Beijing after the Boxer Rebellion, early 1902
Beiyang troops training in 1902
Beiyang government
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The Beiyang government was the internationally recognized government of the Republic of China between 1912 and 1928, based in Beijing. It was dominated by Yuan Shikai and the other generals of his Bei
Beiyang Army
…so as the Warlord Era began there were an estimated 536,000 soldiers in northern China as of 1919. Duan Qirui was able to maintain control over the government in Beijing through figureheads from 1917 to 1920, but that year saw the outbreak of the Zhili–Anhui War, causing the split of the Beiyang Army between several…
Yuan Shikai's inauguration as the provisional president
The Yuan Shikai "dollar" (yuan in Chinese), first issued in 1914, became a dominant coin type of the Republic of China.
Duan Qirui, Chief Executive of the Republic of China
Protests during the May Fourth Movement