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The Birth <strong>of</strong> a Republic<br />

dipLoMatiC CorpS in BeiJing with preSident Yuan Shikai,<br />

circa 1913–14<br />

Chinese pic<strong>to</strong>rial collection, hoover institution archives<br />

袁世凱與北京的外國使節團合影<br />

huang xing (1874–1916)<br />

Joshua B. powers papers, hoover institution archives<br />

50 Hoover Institution<br />

A <strong>Century</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Change</strong>: <strong>China</strong> <strong>1911</strong>–<strong>2011</strong><br />

黃興像<br />

民國肇建<br />

huang xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman, was the first army commander in chief <strong>of</strong> the republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>China</strong>. as one <strong>of</strong> the founders <strong>of</strong> the<br />

kMt and the republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>China</strong>, his position was second only <strong>to</strong> that <strong>of</strong> Sun Yat-sen. <strong>to</strong>gether they were known as Sun-huang during the xinhai revolution.<br />

huang was also called the eight-fingered general as a result <strong>of</strong> wounds sustained during the war.<br />

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