Author: PUYI Title: From Emperor to Citizen
Description: Foreign Languages Press, 1989. Pp: 496. Autobiography of the last Emperor of China. Gave up the throne in 1912 at age 6 after a revolution overthrew the Manchu government and established a republic. Remained in Beijing until 1924 when he fled from warlords to Japanese protection in nearby city of Tianjin. In 1934 was installed as ruler of Manchukuo, a "puppet state" created Japan in 1931 after it seized a large portion of northeastern China. Ruled until the end of World War II in 1945 when Soviets captured him and turned him over to the Chinese Communists, who pardoned him in 1959. ISBN: 9787119007724. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9787119007724
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