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Yuan Shikai — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1859–1916 · China · President & self-styled Emperor

Yuan Shikai

The militarist moderniser

Industry under the strongman.

Traditional State Capitalist →
Economic+24
SocialistMarket
Governance+82
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−48
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The general who dominated early republican China, fostering modern industry and banking from above while amassing dictatorial power — capitalist development harnessed entirely to personal and state authority.

social

Conservative-traditional militarist.

economic

Promoted railways, banking and modern industry under state direction.

governance

Concentrated dictatorial power, even crowning himself emperor.

Notable for
  • First President of the Republic of China
  • State-led modernisation
  • Brief self-coronation as emperor
militaristdevelopmentalautocracy
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