10 Facts About Xinhai Revolution

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Many groups supported the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, including students and intellectuals returning from abroad, as well as participants of revolutionary organizations, overseas Chinese, soldiers of the new army, local gentry, farmers, and others.

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Besides Chinese and overseas Chinese, some supporters and participants of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution were foreigners; among them, the Japanese were the most active group.

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3.

Xinhai Revolution led an uprising that aimed to assassinate the provincial governor of Anhui, En Ming .

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4.

Xinhai Revolution sent the eastern Gansu Muslim militia under the command of one of his sons to help Ma Qi fight the Ningxia Gelaohui.

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5.

Xinhai Revolution would be treated as a ruler of a separate country and have expenses of several million taels in silver.

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6.

Xinhai Revolution sent a message to the revolutionaries the next day pledging his loyalty and asking them not to organize any more assassination attempts against him.

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7.

Xinhai Revolution's version consisted of three sections instead of two.

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8.

The participants in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution were mostly military personnel, old-type bureaucrats, and local gentries.

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9.

The 1911 Xinhai Revolution was the first to overthrow a monarchy completely and attempt to establish a republic to spread democratic ideas throughout China.

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10.

In 1954, Liu Shaoqi was quoted as saying that the "1911 Xinhai Revolution inserted the concept of a republic into common people".

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