Last Emperor Abdicates: 2,000 Years of Chinese Imperial Rule Ends
Empress Dowager Longyu signed the Imperial Edict of Abdication on February 12, 1912, ending over two millennia of imperial rule in China. This deal brokered by Yuan Shikai granted Puyi a foreign monarch-style title and allowed his court to remain in the Forbidden City while receiving an annual subsidy. The agreement established a fragile coexistence between the new Republic of China and the Qing dynasty before the subsidy vanished just years later.
February 12, 1912
114 years ago
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