Great Chinese Realm

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Great Chinese Realm
大中华区 (Chinese)
Da Junghua chiu (Ruoha)
Coat of arms of China
Coat of arms
Motto: 三民主義 (Chinese)
"Three Principles of the People"
Anthem: MediaPlayer.png
Map of China during the Empire, right after the Second World War.
Map of China during the Empire, right after the Second World War.
CapitalBeijing
Largest cityShanghai
Official languagesStandard Chinese
Recognised regional languagesMongolian
Ethnic groups
(1992)
93.2% Han Chinese
6.8% Others
Demonym(s)Chinese
GovernmentUnitary one-party presidential republic under a nationalist dictatorship (1920-1953)
Unitary one-party parliamentary nationalist republic under a directorial system (1953-1956)
Unitary one-party authoritarian nationalist presidential republic (1956-1990)
Unitary one-party presidential republic (1991-1993)
Unitary constitutional presidential republic (1993-1995)
• President of China
First: Hu Wanjing (1920-1952)
Last: Chen Jingyun (1991-1995)
LegislatureNational Assembly
Formation and History
10 October, 1911
• Declaration of the Republic of China
1 January, 1912
• Dissolution of the Qing dynasty
12 February, 1912
1915-1916
• Great Chinese Civil Wars
1917-1920
• Declaration of the Great Chinese Realm
5 August, 1920
• Entrance into World War II
8 June, 1944
• Death of Hu Wanjing
2 May, 1952
• New Golden Age
1958-1964
• Deautocratization
1991-1994
• Dissolution
5 August, 1995
Area
• Total
10,103,177 km2 (3,900,858 sq mi)
Population
• 1990 census
829.7 million
• Density
82.12/km2 (212.7/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)1990 estimate
• Total
$4.1 trillion
• Per capita
$4,941
HDI (1990)0.729
high
CurrencyChinese Yuan
Time zoneUTC+5:30 - UTC+8:30
Date formatyy-mm-dd
Driving sideright
Calling code+86
ISO 3166 codeCN
Internet TLD.cn

The Empire of China (Chinese: 中华帝国; Ruohua: Jonghua deguo), officially the Great Chinese Realm (Chinese: 大中华区; Ruoha: Da Junghua chiu), was the period in Chinese history from the Fifth of August 1920 to 1995, during which China and Outer Mongolia were governed as a unitary, authoritarian one-party dictatorship by the Hanjudang. It was preceded by the Beiyang Government and Yuan Shikai's Empire of China, and was followed by the Republic of China. An authoritarian state for much of its history, the Empire rejected the Qing's idea of a multicultural China in favor of a han supremacist state.

Originating with the Han nationalist wing of the Guomindang, the Hanjudang split off from the Guomindang shortly following the proclaimation of the short-lived and unpopular Empire of China- forming its own political movement and party independent from the Guomindang. The resulting split in the Guomindang weakened their effectiveness, and the Beiyang government- far too corrupt and inefficient to achieve much, was eventually taken over by the Hanjudang, who consolidated power through a violent purge of warlords & political opponents. Hu Wanjing- at the time Chairman of the Hanjudang, established the Great Chinese Realm in 1920- and for 33 years ruled over it as a de-facto dictatorial state, with the government largely being subordinate to him. His reign saw the oppression of the numerous minoriies in China- especially the Uyghurs, Hui, and Zhuang- however it also saw an agreement with Mongolia for it to re-integrate with the rest of China as a highly autonomous region. TBC