Word: manchus
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...Manchus were not easy to conquer and, on numerous occasions, Dr. Sun was almost caught by Imperialists and had, consequently, to flee the country. Thus it happened that he spent a great part of his time abroad, always, however, working for the overthrow of the Son of Heaven at Peking, always with a price upon his head. At every capital, his opponents sought to assassinate him. At Tokyo, where he established his headquarters next to the Imperial Chinese Embassy, his very footsteps were dogged. At New York, he proved to a number of skeptical Manhattan bankers, with whom...
...parents, and the greater part of his life was spent in China. He spoke all the principal Chinese dialects and wrote the language with great fluency. Formerly, he served as a general in Sun Yat-sen's army and then helped to bring about the fall of the Manchus...
...Young China Party in its ultimately victorious battle against the Emperor. In 1911 the storm of Revolution at last began to discharge its lightning; Dr. Sun hurried to China, became first Provisional President. On Jan. 5, 1912, the Chinese Empire became the Republic of China: the Manchus had been deposed, but the six-year- old boy-Emperor was allowed to keep his title for life and the Government promised to grant him a yearly subsidy for the same period...
...forming a background for the study of the "unchanging East", Bishop Roots gave a brief resume of the enormous size, the vast population, and the stable political history of China. He told of the invasion of the Manchus in the 17th century, and the establishment of the Manchu dynasty and hereditary class which have just been overthrown after 300 years of power...
...striking example of a quick turnabout on the part of the Chinese was given in 1911 when in connection with the revolt against the Manchus, the Cantonese first, and then the Chinese of other provinces almost completely eliminated the queue in a very few days. This was very forcibly impressed upon me by my own observation on December 10th of that year. In my hotel at luncheon, all the waiters and houseboys were wearing queues and at dinner time not a single queue was to be seen, though many hands were raised to the backs of heads to make perfectly...