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Yuan Shikai
In both Japan and China, Yuan Shikai was belittled as an unlearned, unkind traitor, or a "sinister Machiavellian". How could such a person develop his personal power in an era of intense turmoil, climb to the pinnacle of power, and even become an emperor? Yuan Shikai's life is a "mirror" that reflects an extremely complex China.
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What Is the Ming Dynasty: World History and East Asia Under "Crisis"
With the outbreak of the "Crisis of the 14th Century", the Eurasian world system built by the Mongol Empire disintegrated, and the East and the West separated, gradually evolving into a new modern world order that affects today. The Ming Dynasty that overthrew the Mongol rule established a new East Asian system. After the arrival of the "17th Century Crisis" and the end of the Ming Dynasty, this system was inherited by the Qing Dynasty. What was the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) like, caught between
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Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang, who was born as an old-style imperial examination bureaucracy, experienced major events in modern China such as the Taiping Rebellion, the pacification of the Nian Army, the Westernization Movement, the Sino-French War, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and the Boxer Rebellion. He was the founder and leader of the local armed Huai Army, and established a Western-style navy for the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang Navy. The era and society of the late Qing Dynasty shaped him, and he also
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