Barricades outside the United States Legation, Peking Mutiny 1912
Collection
Identifier
WC01-199
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: WC01-199. The entrance gate to the United States Legation, Legation Street, Peking (Beijing). The Peking Mutiny (Ch: 北京兵变; pinyin: Beijing bingbian) erupted on the night of 29 February 1912. Rumours of Yuan Shi-kai’s move to Nanjing as a concession to southern Republicans, atop of long-standing problems of indiscipline among soldiers in Peking, triggered the insurrection. The upheaval was followed by widespread looting. Only the intervention of the turbaned soldiers of the old Manchu loyalist, General Chiang Kuei-ti ( Ch: 蒋桂题；pinyin: Jiang Guiti; other: Chiang Kwei-ti), in early March brought the situation under control. (See EP Young, ‘Yuan Shih-k’ai’s Rise to the Presidency’ in M Wright (ed.), China in Revolution: The First Phase, 1900-1913 (New Haven, 1968), pp 438-42). See OH01-084, OH01-086, OH02-83 and WC01-200.
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Location
Date
1912
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
