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The recorded military history of China extends from about 2200 BC to the present day. Chinese pioneered the use of crossbows , advanced metallurgical standardization for arms and armor, early gunpowder weapons, and other advanced weapons, but also adopted nomadic cavalry [1] and Western military technology. [2]
The recorded military history of China extends from about 2200 BC to the present day. This history can be divided into the military history of China before 1912, when a revolution overthrew the imperial state, and the period of the Republic of China Army and the People's Liberation Army.
The Republic of China's military initially consisted of the decentralized forces of the former Qing dynasty, with the most modern and organized being the Beiyang Army, before it split into factions that attacked each other.
The Republic of China (ROC) was established in 1912 under the Western trained Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Sun Yixian). The once powerful and expansive foreign-led Manchu Qing Dynasty collapsed unprepared and unable to deal with the internal and external challenges to its rule.
October 10, 1911 - February 12, 1912. Location: China. Participants: Qing dynasty. Key People: Huang Xing. Sun Yat-sen. Chinese Revolution, (1911–12), nationalist democratic revolt that overthrew the Qing (or Manchu) dynasty in 1912 and created a republic.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcqw6.16. The emergence of warlordism, a condition under which military commanders exercise autonomous political power by virtue of their personal control of military force, made the early Republican period (1912–1927) a dark chapter in Chinese history.
A Military History of China. Book. edited by David A. Graff and Robin Higham. 2012. Published by: The University Press of Kentucky. View. summary. Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power.
