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World War I
By 1911 the Qing (Manchu) dynasty was faced with a spiraling population, land shortages, famine, deepening poverty of the peasantry, inflation, and greedy local officials. The landed gentry felt that the dynasty was incapable of preserving order. Puyi, the last Qing emperor, abdicated his throne. For over two millennia, China had experienced a series of dynastic cycles, the failure of the Manchu marked the end of China’s long dynastic tradition. China had long been the hub of East Asian cultural, political and economic systems; new Asian models are emerging. For a brief period, China, under Sun Yat Sen, experimented with democracy, but this experiment failed China lapsed into an era of warlords that lasted until the end of World War II. Mao’s Communist experiment has altered its course. What global role will China play in the 21st century?

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