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Pu Yi, Famous only as the “Last Emperor of China”


Tzu Hsi-“Old Buddha”, a monster or puppet?
In 1860 China was in the midst of a national crisis, producing a coup d’йtat which in turn elevated an insignificant imperial concubine onto the stage as the Empress Dowager. The key was the son she had borne the dying emperor Hsien Feng. With the aid of clever officials and her brother-in-law Prince Kung, Tzu Hsi, as she was known, held onto her position through three regencies. She was pushed and pulled by political factions. Her genius was her ability to survive. Her reputation was destroyed by British and U.S. journalists.


Prince Kung
was the older, wiser, more sober half brother of the dissolute Hsien Feng emperor. His quick action and a hard-fought deal with the European invaders stabilized the national chaos while at the same time negotiating the safety and security of the Imperial throne.



Soong Mai-ling-American-educated daughter of the influential and infamous Soong banking family, she married Dr. Sun Yat-Sen’s chief aide and rising star of the new republic, Chiang Kai-Shek. Her husband rose to govern a repressive and corrupt Nationalist regime which dedicated itself to fighting the more popular Communists. During World War II Madame Chiang spent her energies extracting military assistance from the U.S.A. for the collapsing Nationalist cause.


Chiang Kai-Shek
began as a zealous patriot and supporter of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen in establishing China’s first republic, Following Sun’s death in 1925, Chiang slowly took over the young republic by cooperating with the warlords and ingratiating himself with the West. His “Nationalist” government was notorious for its corruption and brutality. His major goal was to destroy the growing Communist movement which had its strength in the peasantry. The Nationalists and Communists fought to the death and the Nationalists were driven out of China in 1949.


A well turned out foot soldier in the Boxer Movement.
Society of the Righteous Fist, Harmonious Fists, Order of Literary Patriots…all names of gangs which formed a popular movement to oppose the Imperial government and the growing influence of the European powers. The Europeans called them the “Boxers” because they practiced a form of martial arts and believed themselves invincible.


Nurhachi-The Manchu khan, ruthlessly brought the Manchurian clans together and in 1618 attacked the Imperial Ming armies north of Beijing. Two decades of conflict brought down the Ming rulers and in 1644 Nurhachi’s grandson became the first emperor of the Ch’ing dynasty. The Manchus ruled China for nearly 270 years.


Li Lien Ying-The subject of Western fantasies for 100 years.
One of the nearly 1,000 eunuchs who served the Imperial family in the Forbidden City, he rose through his wiles and talents to become the Grand Imperial Eunuch in the 1870s. He and the Empress Dowager were the closest of friends. It was his duty to oversee all the other eunuchs and mete out punishments. He was also master of ceremonies for the Imperial Family. Through the lies of a handful of western journalists, he became a monster of corruption. Western readers loved this.


The “salt of the earth”.
Various classes of Chinese had been emigrating to Europe and America well before the turn of the century (1900). The so-called “coolies” or peasant laborers were the most numerous and most recognizable. Hand labor built China and would be a major factor in the development of the west coast of the United States.


Sun Yat-Sen
The George Washington of China’s republic.
Born in south China and educated in Hawaii, he became a doctor but was an early activist in the growing revolutionary movement of the 1880s. With backing from his father-in-law, Charles Soong, he traveled Europe, the U.S.A., and Japan raising money and support to overthrow the Manchus. The independent military revolt of 1912 gave Sun’s infant Kuo Min Tang party the support it needed to declare a republic. Unifying China engaged Sun until his death of cancer in 1925.


Ну и...,а как же без него,без Великого Кормчего!
Major leader of the “Long March”.
From remote villager to virtual emperor, Mao used cunning and wiles to advance his leadership role in the budding Communist Party. His charisma brought him supporters. His enemies were disunited and very unpopular with the masses. When the U.S.A. withdrew support from the Nationalists’ cause, it collapsed and Mao’s People’s Army eradicated all opposition. The People’s Republic of China was established and Mao became a national hero and virtual saint. The human cost in all this is immeasurable.


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