Shih-kai

It will be remembered that Yuan Shih-kai, the Chinese prime minister with monarchical ambitions, had died in the spring of 1916.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

This was nowhere more clear than in his dealings with his successor as president of the new Chinese Republic, Yuan Shih-kai.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

Yuan Shih-kai: Chief rival of Sun Yat-sen, he envisioned himself as the next Emperor of China.

The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

Finally there is a 1919 Yuan Shih-kai Dollar Kann 665 type, which at first glance looks like the common coin of this date, but this is an extremely rare pattern striking done at the Heaton Mint, probably in 1949.

CHAMPION GALLERIES JUNE HONG KONG AUCTION FULL OF CHINESE RARITIES : Coin Collecting News 2008

As far as Ma's so-called apology goes, it comes on the same day that he's comparing Chen Shui-bian to Yuan Shih-kai, quickly extinguishing any chance of convincing rational observers of his "sincerity."

Assassinate Ma? Michael Turton 2006

The activities in lecturing and propaganda were increased, but Yuan Shih-kai issued twenty-seven regulations for the control of Buddhist monasteries, which markedly dampened the ardor of the reformers.

Buddhism and Buddhists in China Lewis Hodus

In the former year a revolution in that distracted country had come to an end and a republic had been set up with Yuan Shih-kai as

The United States Since the Civil War Charles Ramsdell Lingley

The very first President of the Republic, Yuan Shih-kai, who succeeded to Dr. Sun's provisional regime, set to work, shortly after his assumption of office, to undo what the Revolutionists had striven to accomplish.

The Fight for Democracy in China 1942

Prior to his ascension to the throne, the Japanese Government had availed itself of the war then raging in Europe to bring up the notorious Twenty-one Demands, the acceptance of which was said by some to be the price paid by Yuan Shih-kai for Japan's support of his monarchical scheme.

The Fight for Democracy in China 1942

The farce of Yuan Shih-kai was short-lived, and it ended in his ignominious defeat and death.

The Fight for Democracy in China 1942