Zaizhen
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Zaizhen, courtesy name Yuzhou, was a Manchu prince and politician of the late Qing dynasty. Romanised forms of his name include Tsai-chen, Tsai-Chen, Tsai-Cheng.
Zaizhen in the 1910s
New Army
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The New Army, more fully called the Newly Created Army, was the combined modernised army corps formed under the Qing dynasty in December 1895, following its defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War. At f
Chinese soldiers in 1899–1901. Left: three infantrymen of the New Imperial Army. Front: drum major of the regular army. Seated on the trunk: field artilleryman. Right: Boxers.
A prominent advocate of military reform
Ronglu, a prominent Manchu military official and nominal commander of the Wuwei Corps
Troops of the Wuwei Corps escorting Dowager Empress Cixi.