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
Following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War, the remnants of the government of the Republic of China, alongside many refugees, retreated to the island of Taiwan beginning on December 7, 1949. The
In December 1949, Chinese Communist forces controlled the entirety of mainland China except Hainan and de facto independent Tibet
ROCA soldiers boarding a ship during the retreat
The New Taiwan dollar first issued in 1949
The National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan