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Up to February 12, 1912, China was a Monarchy; on that day it became a Republic.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Chinese Empire
1. China. Official Publications
Correspondence respecting the affairs of China. London.
Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Reports. Shanghai.
Progress of Educational Reform in China. By E. T. Williams. In Annual Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Education for 1905. Washington, D. C, 1907.
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Bastian (Dr. A.), Die Völker des östlichen Asiens. 6 vols. Jena, 1866–71.
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Bishop (Mrs. Isabella), The Yangtze Valley and Beyond. London, 1899.—Pictures from China. London, 1900.
Bland (J.O.P.), and Backhouse (E.), China under the Empress Dowager. London, 1911.
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2. Chinese Dependencies. Manchuria
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Tibet
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Chinese Turkestan
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Mongolia
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Keltie, J.S. (1912). China. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270411_17
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