Yuan Shikai
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Yuan Shikai was a Chinese general and statesman. As leader of the Beiyang Army, he played a decisive role in securing the abdication of the Qing court. He served as the second provisional president an
Yuan in 1915
The President dressed in the traditional chaofu attire, before his subsequent coronation. 1915.
Yuan and Tieliang（铁良) in 1906
Yuan in Qing dynasty uniform, 1912
Sun Yat-sen
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Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese physician, revolutionary and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang. Sun is credited with leading the 1911 Revolution and overthrowing the
Yuan Shikai
…Qing court recalled Yuan from retirement and appointed him Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet. Yuan's Beiyang Army engaged in brief fighting with Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries before opening negotiations, brokering a deal whereby Sun would step aside in Yuan's favor if Yuan secured the abdication of the Qing…
Sun in 1922
Sun (second from left) and his friends the Four Bandits: Yeung Hok-ling (left), Chan Siu-bak (middle), Yau Lit (right), and Guan Jingliang (關景良, standing) at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, circa 1888
Plaque in London marking the site of a house at 4 Warwick Court, WC1, in which Sun Yat-sen lived in exile. Text: "Father of the Chinese Republic, lived in a house on this site while a political exile from his country".
Wedding photo, Sun's 2nd marriage, to Soong Ching-ling, October 1915, Tokyo.