<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Shikai" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yuan Shikai">Yuan Shikai</a> abdicates as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor of China">Emperor of China</a>, restoring the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–1949)" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic</a> and returning to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_of_China" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the Republic of China">Presidency</a>.<sup about="#mwt100" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-18"}}' id="cite_ref-18" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_22#cite_note-18" id="mwyA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 18;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyQ">[18]</span></a></sup>
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