By the end of the nineteenth century, nearly every political and intellectual leader in China saw the need for change. Some, such as Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), felt that rather than reforming the imperial system, China needed a thoroughgoing...

The Xinhai Revolution or Shinhai Revolution (Chinese: 辛亥革命; pinyin: Xīnhài Gémìng), also known as the 1911 Revolution or the Chinese Revolution, began with the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 and ended with the abdication of Emperor Puyi...

With the signing ceremony held on Dec. 23 last year in Tianjin the Tianjin Xinhai Petrochemical Corp., a joint venture of Tianjin Petrochemical Corporation (China), Xuanzhi Industrial Co. Ltd. (Taiwan), and Zhangjiawo County Industrial Co. of Tianjin (China) was announced to set up...

It was an Age of Revolutions. Some failed, most succeeded. But the years from 1986 to 1996, which saw so much change across the world, transformed our understanding of what a revolution is. Revolution, says the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, is either "a...