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The Republic: Instability & Ideas
The Republic of China lasted less than 40 years on the mainland with the
country under threat from what many described as 'imperialism from without
and warlordism from within'. There was breathing room for new ideas and cul-
ture, yet the period was marked by repeated disasters.
Sun Yatsen returned to China and only briefly served as president, before
having to make way for militarist leader Yuan Shikai. In 1912 China held its
first general election, and it was Sun's newly established Kuomintang (Nation-
alist; Guomindang, literally 'Party of the National People') party that emerged
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