Republican era

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The Republican era was the period in Chinese history from the 1911 Xinhai Revolution to the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949, marked by the rule of the Republic of China and significant political fragmentation, warlordism, and social transformation.

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Republican era canonical 1
Republican era of Chinese history 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era in Chinese history
historical period
alsoKnownAs Minguo period
Republican China era
Republican period
appliesToTerritorialEntity China
capitalAtBeginning Nanjing
capitalAtVariousTimes Beijing
Chongqing
Nanjing
country Republic of China
currencyAtVariousTimes fabi
gold yuan
silver yuan
endEvent establishment of the People’s Republic of China
endTime 1949
followedBy Maoist era
People’s Republic of China era
governingPartyAtVariousTimes Beiyang military clique
linked to: Beiyang Army

Kuomintang
hasPart Beiyang Government period
linked to: Beiyang Government

Chinese Civil War
Nanjing Decade
linked to: Nanjing decade

Second Sino-Japanese War
Warlord Era
ideologyAtVariousTimes Chinese nationalism
Three Principles of the People
anti-imperialism
authoritarian nationalism
languageUsed Mandarin Chinese
various Chinese dialects
legalSystem civil law influenced by continental European models
location East Asia
notableFor foreign invasion and occupation
formation of rival Chinese states on mainland and Taiwan
rise of modern Chinese intellectual movements
transition from imperial monarchy to republic
oppositionParty Chinese Communist Party
partOf modern history of China
precededBy Qing dynasty
religiousPolicy formal separation of church and state
significantEvent 1911 Xinhai Revolution
linked to: Xinhai Revolution

Battle of Shanghai (1937)
Chinese Civil War (1945–1949)
linked to: Chinese Civil War

Chinese participation in World War II
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Land reform campaigns in Communist-controlled areas
Long March
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
May Fourth Movement
Mukden Incident
Nanjing Massacre
New Culture Movement
New Life Movement
Northern Expedition
Second United Front
Shanghai Massacre of 1927
Taiwan Retrocession (1945)
Xi’an Incident
establishment of Manchukuo
significantFigure Chiang Kai-shek
Hu Shi
Lu Xun
Mao Zedong
Song Jiaoren
Sun Yat-sen
linked to: Sun Yixian

Wang Jingwei
Yuan Shikai
Zhang Xueliang
Zhou Enlai
significantProcess Sino-Japanese conflict
civil war between Nationalists and Communists
constitutional experiments
educational reform
emergence of modern Chinese literature
modernization
nationalist revolution
party-state formation
political fragmentation
rise of Chinese nationalism
social transformation
spread of Marxism in China
state-building
urbanization
warlordism
women’s emancipation movements
startEvent Xinhai Revolution
startTime 1911

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Nanjing decade chronologyWithin Republican era of Chinese history
linked to: Republican era