Wuchang uprising

Wuchang Uprising
Part of Xinhai Revolution
Establishment of the Republic of China
Date 10 October – 1 December 1911 Location Wuchang, Hubei, China Result Decisive Tongmenghui Victory
Belligerents
Qing Empire	Tongmenghui
Commanders and leaders
Yuan Shikai Various others	Huang Xing Xiong Bingkun (熊秉坤) Li Yuanhong
Strength
10,000 Troops	2,000 Troops
Casualties and losses
~4,000 Killed	~1,000 Killed

Wuchang Uprising
Traditional Chinese	武昌起義
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔchāng Qǐyì
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wǔchāng Qǐyì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping mou5 coeng1 hei2 ji6

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔchāng Qǐyì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	mou5 coeng1 hei2 ji6

The Wuchang Uprising was the Chinese uprising that served as the catalyst to the Xinhai Revolution, ending the Qing Dynasty – and two millennia of imperial rule – and ushering in the Republic of China (ROC). It began with the dissatisfaction of the handling of a railway crisis. The crisis then escalated to an uprising where the revolutionaries went up against Qing government officials. The uprising was then assisted by the New Army in a coup against their own authorities in the city of Wuchang, Hubei province on October 10, 1911. The Battle of Yangxia led by Huang Xing would be the major engagement in the uprising.

After the Boxer Rebellion, many Western countries saw China as a good location for railway building and investment. Having carved out their individual spheres of influence, countries such as the United Kingdom and France built numerous railways over the Qing government's protests.Germany began building lines in Shandong, the British in Yangtze Valley, French in Kunming, Russians in Heilongjiang and the Japanese had the Southern Manchuria Railway company.

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