Explained: China’s Xinhai Revolution and its modern-day legacy

Explained: China’s Xinhai Revolution and its modern-day legacy

Sunday is the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution, an uprising that began in Hubei province and marked the end of more than 2,000 years of imperial rule and the beginning of a new China.What was the Xinhai Revolution?After a series of failed uprisings, the revolution began in 1911, a year known as Xinhai in the traditional Chinese calendar, and saw the fall of the last imperial dynasty, the Qing.The 275-year Manchu-dominated empire had be…