Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s9.t5.18

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President by representatives of 17 provinces to set up the provisional government of the Republic of China. On January 1, 1912 he was proclaimed as the provisional President of the Republic of China in Nanjing. The abdication of the Qing emperor Pu Yi was announced on February 2, 1912 ending the more than 2,000-year old absolute monarchy in China.