The
Wuchang Uprising was the Chinese uprising that served as the
catalyst to the
Xinhai Revolution, ending the
Qing Dynasty – and two millennia of imperial rule – and ushering in the
Republic of China (ROC). It began with the dissatisfaction of the handling of a railway crisis. The crisis then escalated to an uprising where the revolutionaries went up against
Qing government officials. The uprising was then assisted by the
New Army in a
coup against their own authorities in the city of
Wuchang,
Hubei province on October 10, 1911. The
Battle of Yangxia led by
Huang Xing would be the major engagement in the uprising.