Empire of China

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The Empire of China was a short-lived early 20th-century Chinese imperial regime proclaimed by Yuan Shikai in an attempt to restore monarchy after the fall of the Qing dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese empire
historical state
monarchy
afterEvent Xinhai Revolution NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Yuan Shikai Empire NERFINISHED
capital Beijing NERFINISHED
centralFigure Yuan Shikai NERFINISHED
commonName China NERFINISHED
continent Asia
conventionalLongName Empire of China NERFINISHED
country China
currency Chinese yuan
dissolutionReason military resistance
provincial secessions
widespread opposition
emperor Yuan Shikai NERFINISHED
endDate 1916-03-22
era Republican era of China
Warlord Era NERFINISHED
establishedBy Yuan Shikai NERFINISHED
flag Five-colored flag of the Republic of China NERFINISHED
governmentType constitutional monarchy
headOfState Yuan Shikai NERFINISHED
historicalAllegiance Beiyang government NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod post-Qing restoration attempt
leaderTitle Emperor
legislature National Assembly NERFINISHED
locatedInTime 20th century
monarch Yuan Shikai NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Chinese
politicalStatus unrecognized state by many foreign powers
politicalSystemChange restoration of imperial title
precededBy Republic of China NERFINISHED
proclaimedBy Yuan Shikai NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
German Empire NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
region East Asia
religion Buddhism
Confucianism
Taoism
replacesFormOfGovernment republic
restorationOf Chinese monarchy
shortLived true
sovereignState China NERFINISHED
startDate 1915-12-12
succeededBy Republic of China NERFINISHED
successorRegimeType republic

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Yuan Shikai monarchOf Empire of China