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The Wuchang Uprising: How Wuhan Ended 2,000 Years of Empire
On October 10, 1911, soldiers in Wuchang mutinied and accidentally toppled a dynasty. A bomb exploded in a borrowed house, the leaders fled, and a rank-and-file rebellion overthrew 2,132 years of imperial rule. A local walks you through the streets where it happened.
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Wuchang: 1,800 Years from Fortress to Revolution
Wuchang is the oldest of Wuhan's three towns — a military fortress turned cultural capital turned the spark that ended 2,000 years of imperial rule. A local traces 1,800 years of history, from Three Kingdoms to 1911.