Almost immediately he began to restrict the activities of the newly elected national assembly, and after the assassination in 1913 of Song Jiaoren, parliamentary leader of the [[Nationalist Party]], or KMT. Sun Yat-sen responded with a nationwide revolt called the Second Revolution). Yuan was able to crush dissent, and was hailed by the foreign powers as the 'strong leader' they had sought for China.
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Almost immediately he began to restrict the activities of the newly elected national assembly, and after the assassination in 1913 of Song Jiaoren, parliamentary leader of the [[Nationalist Party]], or KMT. Sun Yat-sen responded with a nationwide revolt called the Second Revolution. Yuan was able to crush dissent, and was hailed by the foreign powers as the 'strong leader' they had sought for China.