Xinhai Revolution

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Xinhai Revolution
2. University of Illinois Press: "A Search For a Modern China" (2002)  
3. The Corner of the World: The Chinese Revolution of 1911
4. China Knowledge: The Republic of China (1911-1949)
5. Washington State University: The 1911 Revolution
6. Library of Congress: The Republican Revolution of 1911
7. Questia: An Ordinary Relationship: American Oppostion to Republican Revolution...  

Xinhai Revolution Background and Causes

Trouble with Modernization

• Council for Research in Values and Philosophy: Tradition in Chinese Society
• Washington State University: Self-Strengthening
• Library of Congress: The Hundred Days' Reform and Aftermath
• Wikipedia: End of Imperial Examination

Military Failures

• Mahalo's Guide to The Opium Wars and The Boxer Rebellion
• Wikipedia: Unequal Treaties
• Hokkaido University: The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895

Xinhai Revolution Central Figures

Dr. Sun Yat-sen

• Wikipedia: Sun Yat-sen
• Dr. Sun Yat-sen Hawaii Foundation: Dr. Sun Yat-sen: His Hawaiian Roots
• Center for Asian American Media: NARA Sun Yat-sen Files  

Yuan Shikai

• Wikipedia: Yuan Shikai
• Brigham Young University: Yuan Shikai
• Tales of Old China: General Yuan Shikai  

Puyi

• Wikipedia: Puyi
• TIME Asia: "The Last Emperor's Humble Occupation" (1960)  
• World History Archives: "Pu Yi's Widow Reveals Last Emperor's Soft Side"

Xinhai Revolution Images and Media

• Eon Images: Citizens Take Refuge During Chinese Revolution Photo
• Wikipedia: The Beiyang Army in Training Photo
• Yahoo! Image Search: Xinhai Revolution-Related Images
• Google Image Search: China Republican Revolution Images
• YouTube: Museum About 1911 Chinese Revolution (Time: 0:17)
• YouTube: Clips from The Last Emperor (Time: 8:50)

Xinhai Revolution Books and Research

• Project Gutenberg: The Fight for the Republic in China
• Google Books: ...Chinese Nationalism at the turn of the 20th Century and The New Chinese Empire
• National Consortium for Teaching about Asia: Republican Revolution of 1911 Lesson Plan 

Xinhai Revolution Blogs and Message Boards

• Google Blog Search: Xinhai Revolution
• Chinese History Forum: Why Western Powers Never Destroy Sun Yat-sen  

Xinhai Revolution Timeline

• November 24, 1894: The Revive China Society is founded by Sun Yat-sen
• 1901: Following the death of Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai takes control of the Beiyang Army
• August 20, 1905: The Tong Meng Hui is founded by Sun Yat-sen and Song Jiaoren
• April 27, 1910: The Huanghuagang, or the "3.29" Guangzhou Uprising, erupts and is quickly suppressed
• December 10, 1910: Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries in Malay establish the Guang Hua Daily
• October 10, 1911: The "New Armies" of Wuhan attack Qing forces, beginning the Wuchang Uprising
• December 2, 1911: Revolutionary forces capture Nanjing, securing all provinces south of the Yangtze River
• January 1, 1912: Sun Yat-sen establishes the Republic of China

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