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Sep 12, 2024 · Yuan Shikai was a Chinese army leader and reformist minister in the twilight of the Qing dynasty (until 1911) and then the first president of the Republic of China (1912–16). Yuan was from a landed military family of Xiangcheng in Henan province.
1 day ago · On 1 November 1911, the Qing court appointed Yuan Shikai (leader of the powerful Beiyang Army) as Prime Minister, and he began negotiations with the revolutionaries. In Nanjing, revolutionary forces created a provisional coalition government.
5 days ago · After the collapse of the Huai Army in the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government had endeavored to build up a new Western-style army, among which the elite corps trained by Yuan Shikai, former governor-general of Zhili, had survived the Boxer uprising and emerged as the strongest force in China.
23 hours ago · As a compromise, he negotiated with Yuan Shikai the commander of the Beiyang Army, promising Yuan the presidency of the republic if he were to remove the Qing emperor by force. Yuan agreed to the deal. [ 29 ]
1 day ago · 袁世凱 （1859年9月16日—1916年6月6日）， 字 慰廷 、 慰庭 或 慰亭， 號 容庵，又被稱作 袁宮保 、 袁大炮 、 袁老四 和 袁大帥，另因出身 河南 項城 亦被稱為 袁項城，曾任 清朝 军机大臣 、 内阁總理大臣 、中華民國第一任 大總統 、第二任 臨時大總統 、 中華 ...
Sep 19, 2024 · Knowing that his regime was weak, Sun made a deal with Yuan Shikai (Yüan Shih-k’ai), an imperial minister who had been entrusted with full power by the court. On Feb. 12, 1912, the emperor abdicated; the next day Sun resigned, and on the 14th Yuan was elected his successor.
1 day ago · Following the establishment of the new Republic, China's provisional President, Yuan Shikai, sent a telegram to the 13th Dalai Lama, restoring his earlier titles. The Dalai Lama spurned these titles, replying that he "intended to exercise both temporal and ecclesiastical rule in Tibet."
