Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum

The Looting of the Eastern Mausoleum was a major incident in early June 1928, in which some of the major mausoleums of the Chinese Qing dynasty in the Eastern Qing tombs were ransacked or vandalized by troops under the command of the warlord Sun Dianying. == Background == === Republican Era === With the dissolution of the Qing Empire in 1912, the new Republic of China and the recently-abdicated royal family signed a treaty, which included the details and agreements guaranteeing formal federal protections of the Mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty.

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