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The Qing dynasty lay in rubble at the beginning 20. Century . In the country two opposition movements had been based:
On the one hand the self-control, which had a reform of the monarchy to a constitutional monarchy in the sense, on the
other hand the revolutionary, which wanted to finally eliminate the monarchy and to make China a republic.

1911 came it to the end of the Qing dynasty and the last emperor, Pu Yi. The general Yuan Shikai negotiated on the one
hand with the revolutionaries under Sun Yatsen, which proclaimed the Republic of China on 1 January 1912, on the other
hand it pressurized the emperor house. In order to prevent a civil war and an unnecessary blood pouring, Sun did without
the office for president in favor of Yuans, if this could induce the dynasty combatless to the renouncement. Yuan Shikai
was a man of the tradition. That it wanted to mount 1915 even the emperor throne, revolted not only the provinces, even
its own generals failed to it the support to be familiar became. Deeply and insulted died Yuan disappoints shortly thereafter
on 6 June 1916. For two weeks again 1917 were restored Pu Yi.

In the future it came to various rebellions. The powerful Beiyang army of Yuan Shikai disintegrated into several parliamentary
groups, which fought each other (northern military). Many southern provinces explained themselves for independent. Sun Yatsen
(† 12. March 1925) tried to develop in canton its own power base in order its ideals of a republic to repair (starting from 1921).

This ended in the Chinese civil war, also known as "the time of the warlords".

In China these were „warlords“ usually bureaucracy member of the Gentry (low land aristocracy), ascended, which prevailed as
governors more or less independently and with own house power over provinces or subsections of China. So e.g. prevailed Liu
Wenhui over Sichuan, the province, which follows east Tibet, and the Muslim-Chinese Hui governor Ma Bufang in Amdo/Qinghai.
As an actual period of the warlords the years 1916-1927 are considered. After the death of the Chinese dictator Yuan Shikais the
authority of the centre government disintegrated so that it was limited actually to control of the capital Peking. That warlord, who
dominated Peking, placed thus also the centre government. With the north campaign of the Guomindang 1927 Chiang united the
country under the new national chinese government in Beijing. Actually many warlords changed simply only the sides instead of
really military to be defeated. This led inevitably to the fact that a fire in the underground smoldered only for it waited to burn out.

In the year 1928 the situation in China worsened however rapidly. The displeasure continued to increase under the population,
a part support the government the larger part however support the efforts of the warlords to become independent again. Here
particularly Wu Chin Fau did out, who united the southern provinces under his rule. This succeeded in by the fact that he modernized
the subordinate armed forces in the past years. For this he refreshed the Chinese-German co-operation, which always played a
large role in Chinese history. This close co-operation in the 1920er years led to the modernization of the industry and the military
in the south provinces. On 3 February 1929 it came to the Putsch of the armed forces under the guidance of admiral Wu Chin Fau.
At the “bloody night in spring” some members of the existing government were arrested and murdered. In the same afternoon
Chang-Kai-Chek met Wu Chin Fau to set up a new Kabinet :

President: Chiang Kai-Chek

Vice President: Li Hoi

Finance Minister: Lu Feng

Foreign Affairs Minister: Deng Hau Min

Defence Minister: Adm. Wu Chin Fau

Internal Affairs Minister: Chi Peng

Transport and Industry Minister: Ming Pi Wai


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