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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 657137, member: 4703&quot;]Please stop posting that erroneous information in multiple threads, especially threads that have been closed for years!</p><p><br /></p><p>The Republic was founded in 1912 which is Year 1, so although 1911 must be added to the Republic year to get the western year, 1911 is absolutely, positively, certainly <b>not</b> the &quot;starting year of the Republic&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although Sun Yat Sen declared the Republic on January 1, 1912, it&#039;s didn&#039;t acquire even nominal control of the government until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyi" rel="nofollow">February 12, 1912</a>, the date of the Last Emperor&#039;s abdication.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sun Yat Sen&#039;s election as first Provisional President was shortly superseded by Yuan Shi Kai&#039;s takeover after he traitorously led his Imperial Army over to the rebel side.True, because 2009 is the 98th year <i>after</i> 1911.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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