The republic proclaimed on the fall of the Qing — through the warlord years, the Nationalist decade, and the war against Japan, the state that carried China from empire to revolution.
Defeated by the Communists in the civil war; the People's Republic was proclaimed in October 1949 and the Nationalist government withdrew to Taiwan, where the Republic of China continues.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Republic of China (1912–1949) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1912 · 1932 · 1946.
The standard history of China's transformation, covering the Republican era.