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Xinhai Revolution

Capturing Xi'an

Tuesday Oct 24, 1911
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

After the Xi'an Manchu quarter fell on 24 October, Xinhai forces killed all of the Manchus in the city, about 20,000 manchus were killed in the mass massacre. Many of its Manchu defenders committed suicide, including Qing general Wenrui , who threw himself down a well.


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