Yuan+Shikai-Ali+Goode

  -Yuan Shikai lived from: September 16, 1819-June 6, 1916 -He was born and lived in Xiangcheng, Henan province, China

-Yuan was from a landed military family of Xiangcheng in Henan province - His influencs was his family, and to keep them proud, and carry on the family leadership.

- His role in the events lead up to abdication of the last Qing Emperor.

- He was known for trying to be the emperor, and for being a great general.
- He was an important [|Chinese] [|general] and [|politician] famous for his influence during the [|late Qing Dynasty], his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the [|last Qing Emperor] of [|China] , his autocratic rule as the first [|President] of the [|Republic of China] , and his short-lived attempt to revive the Chinese monarchy, with himself as the " [|Great Emperor of China] ". -Yuan died, humiliated, from umeria.

- He began his military career serving in Korea in the 1880s. In 1885 he was made Chinese commissioner at Seoul; his promotion of China's interests contributed to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95). The war destroyed China's navy and army, and the task of training a new army fell to Yuan. When his division was the only one to survive the Boxer Rebellion (1900), his political stature increased. He played a decisive part in China's modernization and defense programs and enjoyed the support of the empress dowager Cixi.

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