Photographs and some portraits of figures in the Republican Era of Chinese History from 1911 Revolutionary China to present day Taiwan.

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Dr. Sun Yat-sen (second from left) and his friends posing in front of the second floor ward of the Alice Memorial Hospital in 1898. Dr. Sun was one of the first two graduates of the Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1892.

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Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

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Official portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

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Official portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen as first president of The Republic of China, 1912.

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Dr. Sun Yat-sen.

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Chiang Kai Shek.

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Chiang Kai Shek (left), with US president Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill at their meeting in Yalta, 1947.

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Chiang Kai Shek.

1950, announcing the 'Republic of China on Taiwan' government after having fled mainland China in 1949.

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Sun Chuan-fang.

The "Nanking Warlord" or leader of the "League of Five Provinces". Defeated by the Northern Expedition in 1927 and assassinated in 1935.

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Wu Pei-fu.
Major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916 to 1927.

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Chang Tso-lin.

Nicknamed the "Old Marshal" (大帥), "Rain Marshal" (雨帥) or "Mukden Tiger", was one of the major warlords of China in the early 20th century. He was the warlord of Manchuria and at one time ruled an enormous area of north China.

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Yen Chia-kan.

Chiang Kai-shek's successor as President of the Republic of China (on Taiwan) upon Chiang's death on April 5, 1975. He served out the remainder of Chiang's term until May 20, 1978.

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Chiang Ching-kuo.

Kuomintang politician and leader, who was the son of Chiang Kai-shek and held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China (on Taiwan). He succeeded his father to power, serving as Premier of the Republic of China from 1972 to 1978, and President of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988.

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Lee Teng-hui.

Politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He was the President of the Republic of China and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000.

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Lee Teng-hui.

Politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He was the President of the Republic of China and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000.

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Lee Teng-hui.

Former president of the Republic of China, cosplays a manga character who has a strong Japanese spirit Edajima Heihachi (江田島平八). Standing behind are two unnamed Taiwanese boys dressed like Japanese high school gang members. Lee and the two boys are holding shinais, the bamboo swords made for kendo games.

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Dr. Lien Chan.

Taiwanese politician and Vice President of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1996 to 2000, and was the Chairman of the Kuomintang from 2000 to 2005.

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Chen Shui-bian.

Taiwanese politician, and current President of the Republic of China since May 20, 2000. Member of the Democratic Progressive Party, the first non- Kuomintang party member to hold the office.

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Annette Lu.

Taiwanese politician, and current Vice- President of the Republic of China on Taiwan since May 20, 2000. Member of the Democratic Progressive Party, the first non- Kuomintang party member to hold the office.

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