<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Zhixiang" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Meng Zhixiang">Meng Zhixiang</a> declares himself <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_China" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor of China">emperor</a> and establishes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_Shu" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Later Shu">Later Shu</a> as a new state independent of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later_Tang" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Later Tang">Later Tang</a>.