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Yuan Shikai ( simplified Chinese: 袁世凯; traditional Chinese: 袁世凱; pinyin: Yuán Shìkǎi; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese general and statesman who served as the second provisional president of the Republic of China, head of the Beiyang government from 1912 to 1916 and Emperor of China from 1915 to 1916.
Jun 6, 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.
- Jerome Ch'en
Learn about Yuan Shikai, a prominent politician and militarist in China's modern history. He played a key role in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, but failed to restore the monarchy and unify the country.
Dec 9, 2020 · Yuan Shikai was one of the most significant men in the last decades of the Qing dynasty and the early years of the Republic. He served as China’s first president, but his career ended ignominiously. His legacy has not aged well, either.
Yuan Shikai (Courtesy Weiting 慰亭; Pseudonym: Rong'an 容庵 Traditional Chinese: 袁世凱; Simplified Chinese: 袁世凯; Hanyu Pinyin: Yuán Shìkǎi; Wade-Giles: Yüan Shih-k'ai) (September 16, 1859 [1] – June 6, 1916) was a Chinese military official and politician during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.
If the failure of the first Chinese republic can be attributed to one man, it is Yuan Shikai. Arguably the Qing dynasty’s most successful military commander, Shikai’s command of the modernised New Army helped bring about the end of the Qing.
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916, Wade-Giles: Yuan Shih-kai) was a high ranking Qing military commander and president of the first Chinese republic from 1912 to 1916. A military strongman rather than a political leader, Shikai’s attempt to revive the monarchy and install himself as emperor sounded the death knell for the republic.
