The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Protection_War" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Protection War">National Protection War</a> breaks out against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_China_(1915–1916)" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of China (1915–1916)">Empire of China</a>, as military leaders <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cai_E" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cai E">Cai E</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_Jiyao" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tang Jiyao">Tang Jiyao</a> proclaim the independence of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> and begin a campaign to restore the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–1949)" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic</a>.<sup about="#mwt155" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_25#cite_note-29" id="mwASY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASc">[29]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"><cite about="#mwt152" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFKe-wen_Wang1998">Ke-wen Wang (1998). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j5irhLHE6gUC&amp;q=tang+jiyao&amp;pg=PA230" id="mwCVA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwCVE">Modern China: an encyclopedia of history, culture, and nationalism</i></a>. Taylor &amp; Francis. p.<span id="mwCVI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>230. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCVQ" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/0-8153-0720-9" id="mwCVU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/0-8153-0720-9"><bdi id="mwCVY">0-8153-0720-9</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCVc">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCVg">2010-10-31</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt152" class="Z3988" id="mwCVk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Modern+China%3A+an+encyclopedia+of+history%2C+culture%2C+and+nationalism&amp;rft.pages=230&amp;rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&amp;rft.date=1998&amp;rft.isbn=0-8153-0720-9&amp;rft.au=Ke-wen+Wang&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dj5irhLHE6gUC%26q%3Dtang%2Bjiyao%26pg%3DPA230&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+25"></span></span>