Asia
- Afghanistan – Habibullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (1901–1919)
- China
- Qing Dynasty –
- Emperor – Xuantong Emperor of China (1908–1912)
- Regent – Empress Dowager Longyu (1911–1912)
- Prime Minister – Yuan Shih-kai, Prime Minister of the Qing Empire (1911–1912)
- Qing Dynasty is overthrown; Republic of China is established
- Republic of China –
- President –
- Sun Yat-sen, Provisional President of the Republic of China (1912)
- Yuan Shih-kai, Provisional President of the Republic of China (1912–1915)
- Premier –
- Tang Shaoyi, Premier of the Republic of China (1912)
- Lu Zhengxiang, Premier of the Republic of China (1912)
- Zhao Bingjun, Premier of the Republic of China (1912–1913)
- President –
- Qing Dynasty –
- Hong Kong
- Monarch – George V, King of the United Kingdom (1910–1936)
- Governor-
- Lord Frederick Lugard (1907–1912)
- Sir Francis Henry May (1912–1918)
- Japan
- Monarch –
- Meiji, Emperor of Japan (1867–1912)
- Taishō, Emperor of Japan (1912–1926)
- Prime Minister –
- Saionji Kinmochi, Prime Minister of Japan (1911–1912)
- Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (1912–1913)
- Monarch –
- Mongolia – Bogd Khan, Khan of Mongolia (1911–1924)
- Oman – Faisal Bin Turki, Sultan of Oman (1888–1913)
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Famous quotes containing the word asia:
“I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (18821945)
“I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more of eating than of fighting; then, as now, their minds ran chiefly on the hot bread and sweet cakes; and the fur and lumber trade is an old story to Asia and Europe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Incarnate devil in a talking snake,
The central plains of Asia in his garden,
In shaping-time the circle stung awake,
In shapes of sin forked out the bearded apple....”
—Dylan Thomas (19141953)