The Provisional Government of the Republic of China

This committee gathers on October 12th, 1911, shortly after a military mutiny in Hubei province. The empire is unsurprisingly shaken, and a revolutionary movement stirs across several provinces. Prince Chun [Zaifeng] attends with an imperial cabinet aged hardly a year, where revolutionaries are summoned to deliberate–under protection–to collaborate on a reform for the empire. For the revolutionaries, it is an opportunity to be represented at court–sustaining or forfeiting an ultimately millennia's worth of imperial rule. But is it that a golden opportunity for the revolutionaries, or simply a quelling attempt to extinguish the fire before it spreads?

Delegates in this committee each represent powers that will shape China’s destiny — imperial officials, provincial governors, military commanders, foreign powers, and reformists. Whether to preserve the monarchy, negotiate reforms, or to embrace the revolution, delegates will confront the collapsing imperial authority and race to define China’s future. Read more ›