What is Yuan Shikai?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Yuan Shikai | image = General Yuan Shikai.jpg | width = 200px | caption = | order = [[President of the Republic of China]] | termstart = 22 March 1916 | termend = 6 June 1916 | predecessor = himself as Emperor of China | successor = [[Li Yuanhong]] | termstart1 = 10 March 1912 | termend1 = 12 December 1915 | predecessor1 = [[Sun Yat-sen]] | successor1 = himself as Emperor of China | office2 = [[Emperor of China]] | termstart2 = 12 December 1915 | termend2 = 22 March 1916 | predecessor2 = himself as President of China | successor2 = himself as President of China | office3 = 2nd [[Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet of China]] | termstart3 = 2 November 1911 | termend3 = 10 March 1912 | predecessor3 = [[Yikuang, Prince Qing]] | successor3 = [[Qing Dynasty]] ended | office4 = [[Grand Councillor of Qing China]] | termstart4 = 1907 | termend4 = 1908 | office5 = [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Qing China]] | termstart5 = 1907 | termend5 = 1908 | predecessor5 = [[Lu Haihuan]] | successor5 = [[Liang Dunyan]] | birth_date = 16 September 1859 | birth_place = [[Xiangcheng]], [[Henan ]], [[Qing Dynasty|Qing China]] | death_date = 6 June 1916 (aged 56) | death_place = [[Beijing]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] | occupation = Politician | spouse = | party = [[Beiyang clique]] [[Republican Party (China)|Republican Party]] | country = {{Flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Republic of China (1912–49)|Republic of China]]| allegiance = [[Qing Dynasty]] (1881-1912)<br> [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (1912-1915,1916)<br> [[Empire of China]] (1915-1916) | nationality = Chinese | children = 32 }} '''Yuan Shikai''' (Chinese: 袁世凱; pinyin: Yuán Shìkǎi; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[military]] and [[government]] [[official]] who rose to power during the late [[Qing dynasty]] and eventually ended the [[Qing dynasty]] rule of China in 1912 when it became the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]], in