Fall

By the early 1900s, the Qing Dynasty was very weak. It had lost wars like the Opium Wars, suffered from huge rebellions such as the Taiping Rebellion, and was divided by powerful regional warlords. Many people had lost trust in the government, and foreign countries controlled parts of China.

In 1912, the Qing Dynasty officially ended. The last emperor was Puyi, who was only a young child when he was forced to give up the throne. He did not have real power and became a symbol of how weak the dynasty had become.

After the Qing fell, China broke apart into fighting regions. Years later, Mao Zedong helped reunite the country under a new government, ending thousands of years of imperial rule.

The fall of the Qing Dynasty marked the end of imperial China and the beginning of a new chapter in Chinese history.