The Republic of China established its governance over Mainland China on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history.
Yuan Shikai (left) and Sun Yat-sen (right) with flags representing the early republic
Chinese Nationalist Army soldiers during the 1938 Yellow River flood
Nationalist government of Nanjing, which nominally ruled over all of China during 1930s
Beiyang Army troops in the 1920s
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China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while
Republic of China (1912–1949)
…countryside and small towns had come under Communist influence long before the cities. Finally, on 1 October 1949, Communists led by Mao Zedong founded the People's Republic of China. Chiang Kai-shek declared martial law in May 1949, whilst a few hundred thousand Nationalist troops and two million refugees, predominantly from the…
A set of Western Zhou-era ritual bronzes, c. 1000 BCE
Soldier statues of the Terracotta Army, buried alongside Qin Shi Huang c. 210 BCE
Section from the Song-era landscape painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, early 1100s
A Ming dynasty section of the Great Wall of China