After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising against Qing rule in 1911, the revolutionaries elected Sun Yat-sen as the "provisional president" (臨時大總統) of the transitional government, with the Repub ...
In November 1911 the revolutionary group in Wuchang led by Li Yuanhong came together with the revolutionary group in Shanghai led by Chen Qimei and Cheng Dequan (程德全) to prepare for the establishme ...
In November 1911 the revolutionary group in Wuchang led by Li Yuanhong came together with the revolutionary group in Shanghai led by Chen Qimei and Cheng Dequan (程德全) to prepare for the establishme ...
Wuhan is one of the birthplaces of the brilliant ancient Chu Culture in China. Han opera, which is the local opera of Wuhan area, was one of China's oldest and most popular operas. During the late Qin ...
Opened in April 1995, Wuhan Tianhe International Airport is one of the busiest airports in central China and it is located 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Wuhan. It has also been selected as China's fo ...
With a 3,500-year-long history, Wuhan is one of the most ancient and civilized metropolitan cities in China, more ancient than During the Second Opium War (known in the West as the Arrow War, 1856–18 ...
Canton and Sichuan railway crisis Main article: Railway Protection MovementAfter the Boxer Rebellion, many Western countries saw China as a good target for railway building and investment. Having carv ...
China had become divided between different military leaders without a proper central government. Sun saw the danger of this and returned to China in 1917 to advocate Chinese reunification. In 1921 he ...
Main article: Names of Sun Yat-senThe original name of Sun Yatsen was Sun Wen (孫文), and his genealogical name was Sun Deming (孫德明). As a child, his "milk name" was Dixiang (帝象). The courtesy na ...
Public transport accounts for a substantial portion of different modes of transport in Taiwan, with Taipei residents having the highest utilization rate at 34.1%. Private transport consists of motor s ...
Luc Besson's Lucy (drama)Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman (drama)Adam Kane and Will Tiao's Formosa Betrayed (political thriller)Edward Yang's Yi Yi: A One and a Two (drama)Tsai Ming-liang's Rebels of the ...
Taipei is known for its many night markets, the most famous of which is the Shilin Night Market in the Shilin District. The surrounding streets by Shilin Night Market are extremely crowded during the ...
Main article: History of TaipeiOld street in Taipei. 2013Taipei was founded in the early 18th century under the Qing Dynasty rule and became an important center for overseas trade in the 19th century. ...
In 1929, Chongqing (then known almost universally as Chungking) became a municipality in the Republic of China. During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) it was Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's ...
In 1911, after over two thousand years of imperial rule, a republic was established in China and the monarchy overthrown by a group of revolutionaries. The Qing Dynasty, having just experienced a cent ...
