The Night the Soldiers Turned: The Wuchang Uprising, 1911
On October 10, 1911, a botched bomb plot forced revolutionaries in Wuchang to mutiny ahead of schedule — and the uprising they started ended more than 2,000 years of imperial rule in China.
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The Six-Year-Old Who Lost an Empire
On February 12, 1912, a six-year-old boy's abdication ended more than 2,000 years of imperial rule in China.