Today is the one hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the uprising that overthrew the Manchu Dynasty and established China as a republic under Sun Yat-sen.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) celebrates "Double Ten" as China's national day, as do many overseas Chinese in other countries. The event truly was crucial to China's eventual modernization and its transformation from a source of luxury goods (silk, tea and porcelain) to a modern industrial nation.
There were many obstacles and detours along the way, including the Opium Wars with England (1838-1842 and 1856-1860), the Tai Ping Rebellion (1850-1864), the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) and the Boxer Rebellion (1898). These events led to the partition and control of China (at least the trading centers) by Western and eventually Japanese imperialist powers.
One of the goals of the 1911 uprising was for China to eventually reestablish control of her own territory and people.
It took a long time, but few can dispute that China has finally achieved that goal.
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