Republic of China

since 1912 · up to 8,440 thousand km² · Asia

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Capital: Shuntian Fu (1912–1914), Nan-ching (1927–1937), Ch'ung-ch'ing (1937–1946), Nanjing Fu (1912–1912), Jingzhao (1914–1927), Ch'ung-ch'ing (1949–1949), Nan-ching (1946–1949), Kuang-chou (1949–1949), Beijing (1912–1928), Nan-ching (1928–1949)

Disputed territory. Taiwan’s status is disputed: the PRC claims the island as a province, and few states recognise it officially. Historical borders are an approximate reconstruction from Cliopatria (Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0). Disputed territories are shown as in the source; this does not reflect a position of the project.

The Republic of China established its governance over mainland China on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history. The Beiyang government in Beijing was the internationally recognized government of the ROC from 1912 to 1928, with regional warlords occupying parts of the country after the death of Beiyang leader Yuan Shikai in 1916. In 1926, the Kuomintang (KMT) launched the Northern Expedition, which eventually reunified the country in 1928. The KMT established the Nationalist government and governed the ROC as a one-party state with Nanjing as the capital.

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Predecessors: Qing Dynasty, Manchukuo, Chinese Empire

Successors: People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Tannu Uriankhai, Manchukuo

Rulers

China: dynasties: Qing 1644 – 1912, Republic of China 1912 – 1949, People's Republic since 1949

Events on its territory

1931 China floods
1937–1945 Second Sino-Japanese War