The Rise and Fall of the Ching Dynasty

Swinn would lead a successful revolution to bring down the Ching dynasty, becoming known on both sides of the Taiwan Strait as the father of modern China. Huang was second only to Swinn in leading the organization and he developed a robust revolutionary network throughout East and Southeast Asia. The two men had led nine failed uprisings against the Manchus but were running out of chances when Lin-Juan-Mian planned an uprising for April 1911. A date was set for April 27th and networks across East Asia went into action buying guns and explosives in Japan, Hong Kong and China and smuggling them to Guangzhou. Plans went into action on April 27th with nearly 100 people killed by