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A Century After Xinhai: Whose Revolution?

100 years ago Sun Yat-Sen’s Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, representing the beginning of the end for the Qing dynasty and thousands of years of imperial rule in China. The Asia Pacific Memo has been following the lead up to the centennial celebration, anticipating what it will mean on either side of the Taiwan Strait: The goal of the Xinhai Revolution, for its leaders, was