Dawn of Modern China: The 100th Anniversary of China’s 1911 Revolution and the Significance of the Republic of China

2011 marks the centennial of China’s October 1911 Revolution, a landmark event that ended China’s imperial era and unleashed a host of changes upon Chinese society and the world which continue to reverberate today. On May 20, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings hosted leading historians and analysts for a discussion of some of the political and historical ramifications of the 1911 revolution, including cross-strait relations and international politics.