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The 26 pages that link to Yuan Shikai, each with the reason it gives.

• Sun Yat-senCompared with: Sun’s republican program collided with Yuan’s concentration of power after the dynasty’s fall.

• Empress Dowager CixiRelated: His disclosure of reformers’ plans helped Cixi defeat the 1898 reform movement.

• Warlord EraRelated: His death in 1916 left powerful commanders without a central arbiter.

• Hundred Days' ReformRelated: His disclosure of reformers’ plans helped Cixi move against the reform camp.

• Li HongzhangBroader topic: Li recruited and advanced Yuan, whose military career grew from Li’s northern networks.

• Late Qing reformsRelated: His military power linked reform-era institution building to the dynasty’s political collapse.

• 1911 RevolutionRelated: His control of the Beiyang Army gave him leverage in the settlement between revolutionaries and the court.

• Twenty-One DemandsRelated: His government faced Japanese pressure while trying to preserve China’s independence.

• Wuchang UprisingRelated: His military leverage and negotiations connected the uprising to the Qing abdication.

• Beiyang governmentRelated: His presidency established the political order centered in Beijing.

• Beiyang ArmyRelated: He built and commanded the force that made his political ascent possible.

• Chinese RevolutionRelated: His rule exposed the republic’s fragility after the dynasty fell.

• Liang QichaoRelated: Liang first supported Yuan’s government, then opposed his imperial ambitions.

• Kang YouweiRelated: His disclosure of reformers’ plans helped Cixi move against Guangxu and the reform movement.

• Li YuanhongRelated: Li succeeded Yuan as president after Yuan’s death, amid a struggle over central authority.

• Duan QiruiRelated: Duan rose within Yuan’s military establishment and later led the political faction built around Yuan’s former Beiyang officers.

• Heungseon DaewongunRelated: He helped enforce Qing control after Daewongun’s return during the Imo Incident.

• Constitutional Protection MovementRelated: His dissolution of parliament and attempted monarchy prompted the constitutional crisis the movement opposed.

• Anhui cliqueRelated: Duan and other future clique leaders rose through Yuan’s Beiyang military system.

• Auspicious IncidentRelated: His troops helped suppress the coup and restore the king.

• Cai YuanpeiCompared with: Cai opposed Yuan’s monarchy and left China during the political crisis.

• Huang XingCompared with: Huang Xing’s republican aims clashed with Yuan’s concentration of power and monarchical ambitions.

• Feng GuozhangRelated: Feng served under Yuan in the Beiyang Army and rose within the political order Yuan built.

• Guangxu EmperorRelated: His actions during the 1898 crisis helped determine the reformers’ fate.

• Xu ShichangRelated: Xu’s close political association with Yuan helped establish his position in the Beiyang government.

• History of BeijingRelated: His government kept Beijing at the center of early republican power struggles.