The Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911, is often marked as the beginning of the end for over two millennia of imperial rule in China. By February 1912, the last emperor, the child Puyi, had abdicated, and the Republic of China was proclaimed. This swift political transition, however, belied a far more complex reality. The … Continue reading After the Fall: The Legacy of the Qing Dynasty and the Transformation of China (1911–1916)