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Between 1914 and early 1916, Yuan Shikai’s control over the provinces reached its peak. In January 1916, he drew up plans to make himself Emperor of China. This attempt, however, presented an opportunity to the southern provinces to declare themselves independent from Peking. Military conflicts broke out among various regional troops. Yuan was driven to postpone, and finally to cancel, his enthronement. He died in disgrace, a broken man, in July 1916.1
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Chung, S.Py. (1998). Hong Kong Merchants and ‘Canton for the Cantonese’, 1917–23. In: Chinese Business Groups in Hong Kong and Political Change in South China, 1900–25. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501768_5
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