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Yuan Shih-Kai

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The Resume

    (September 16, 1859-June 6, 1916)
    Name is also spelled Yuan Shikai
    Fought in the Sino-Japanese War
    Recalled to Peking shortly before the Japanese main invasion
    Led the Ching Dynasty's modernized army
    Helped fight the Boxer Rebellion
    Dismissed by regent Pu-Feng after the death of the Ching emperor
    Made Prime Minister under Emperor Puyi
    Proclaimed himself Emperor (1915)
    Became President of China
    Abdicated because of opposition from all sides (1916)
    Died of kidney failure

Why he might be annoying:

    He forced Sun Yat-Sen to cede him the presidency of China (because he controlled the old Ching army). If this had not happened, China might have been a democracy today.
    When Sun's party, the KMT, won overwhelmingly in the country's first elections, he had several of Sun's deputies assassinated and dissolved the legislature.
    He frequently switched sides between political factions in the Ching court.
    He made himself emperor.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His slow action during the Chinese Revolution of 1911 helped end China's monarchy.
    The forces under his command fragmented upon his death, allowing Sun Yat-Sen's army to partially restore the Republic until 1949.

Credit: Wang


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 77.27% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 65.79% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 93 Votes: 70.97% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 178 Votes: 67.42% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 299 Votes: 68.90% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 307 Votes: 70.36% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 139 Votes: 83.45% Annoying