"The Beiyang government (\u5317\u6D0B\u653F\u5E9C), also sometimes spelled Peiyang government (Chinese: \u5317\u6D0B\u653F\u5E9C; pinyin: b\u011Biy\u00E1ng zh\u00E8ngf\u01D4), refers to the government of the Republic of China, which was in place in the capital city Beijing from 1912 to 1928. It was internationally recognized as the legitimate Chinese government. The name derives from the Beiyang Army, which dominated its politics with the rise of Yuan Shikai, who was a general of the previous imperial Qing government."@en . . .