Republican era of China

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The Republican era of China (1912–1949) was the period between the fall of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the People’s Republic, marked by warlordism, nationalist-communist struggles, and efforts at modernization and state-building.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era in Chinese history
historical period
alliance Allies of World War II
surface form: Allied Powers in World War II
capitalDuringNanjingDecade Nanjing
conflict Central Plains War
Chinese Civil War
Northern Expedition
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

various warlord wars
containsWarlordClique Anhui clique
Fengtian clique
Guangxi Clique
surface form: Guangxi clique

Ma clique
Yunnan Army
surface form: Yunnan clique

Zhili clique
country Republic of China
currency fabi
gold yuan
silver dollar
dominantPoliticalParty Chinese Communist Party
Kuomintang
endCause victory of Chinese Communist Party in Chinese Civil War
endTime 1949
followedBy China
surface form: People's Republic of China
follows Qing dynasty
hasCapital Beijing
Chongqing
Guangzhou
Nanchang
Nanjing
Taipei, Taiwan
surface form: Taipei (after 1945 for ROC government-in-exile context)

Wuhan
Xi'an
hasGovernmentForm military dictatorship (in various warlord regimes)
one-party dominant state under Kuomintang
republic
hasPart Beiyang Government
surface form: Beiyang Government period

Chinese Civil War
Nanjing decade
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War

Warlord Era
headOfGovernment Chiang Kai-shek
Feng Yuxiang
T. V. Soong
surface form: T.V. Soong

Wang Jingwei
Yan Xishan
headOfState Cao Kun
Chiang Kai-shek
Li Yuanhong
Lin Sen
Sun Yat-sen
Xu Shichang
Yuan Shikai
Zhang Zuolin
ideology Chinese nationalism
Three Principles of the People
anti-imperialism
languageUsed Classical Chinese (early period)
Mandarin Chinese
vernacular Chinese (baihua)
legacy continuation of Republic of China government on Taiwan
modernizationEffort currency reform
educational reforms
industrialization policies
legal reforms
railway construction
state-building of centralized bureaucracy
notableConstitution Constitution of the Republic of China
surface form: Constitution of the Republic of China (1947)

Constitutional Compact of 1914
Provisional Constitution of 1931
Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China
surface form: Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China (1912)
notableInstitution Academia Sinica
Peking University
surface form: Peking University (Republican period)

Tsinghua University
surface form: Tsinghua University (Republican period)

Whampoa Military Academy
significantEvent Xinhai Revolution
surface form: 1911 Revolution

Chinese Civil War
surface form: Chinese Civil War between Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party

Chinese Communist victory in mainland China
Japanese occupation of Manchuria
surface form: Japanese invasion of Manchuria

Long March
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
May Fourth Movement
Mukden Incident
Nanjing Massacre
New Culture Movement
Northern Expedition
Second United Front
Xi’an Incident
surface form: Xi'an Incident

Xinhai Revolution
establishment of Manchukuo
establishment of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China
surrender of Japan in World War II
significantFigure Ba Jin
Cai Yuanpei
Chen Duxiu
Chiang Ching-kuo
Deng Xiaoping
Hu Shi
surface form: Hu Shih

Lao She
Li Dazhao
Liang Qichao
Lin Yutang
Lu Xun
Mao Zedong
Song Meiling
Soong Ching-ling
surface form: Song Qingling

Zhang Xueliang
Zhou Enlai
startTime 1912
territorialChange loss of mainland China by Kuomintang government

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Dashilar historicalPeriodFlourished Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Republic of China era
Nanking Road locatedInTimePeriod Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Republic of China era
Nationalist Government of China precededBy Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Warlord Era in China
Walter Fane settingOfEvents Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Republican-era China
Xinmin Society historicalPeriod Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Republican era China
Suiyuan timePeriod Republican era of China
Republican era alsoKnownAs Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Republican China era
Yao Creek area, Anhui locatedIn Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Republic of China (historical period of the incident)
National emblem of the Chinese Soviet Republic historicalPeriod Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Chinese Soviet period
Dongjiaominxiang historicalPeriod Republican era of China
Mr. Vampire settingLocation Republican era of China
this entity surface form: Republican-era China