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Sun Yat-sen

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'''Sun YixianZhongshan''' (1866–1925), better known in the west as Sun Yat-sen, was one of the many [[Chinese]] inspired by the [[revolution]]s in [[Europe]]. He led the [[Guomindang]] (Kuomintang or Nationalist Party) to victory and became the first leader of the new [[Republic]] of [[China]]. Sun was born near [[Guangzhou]] into a farmland owning family. He attended an [[Anglican]] boys school in [[Honolulu]]. There he came under [[Western]] influence and particularly that of [[Christianity]]. He later received a diploma from a [[Hong Kong]] [[medecine|medical]] school and began to practice medicine in Hong Kong. After this all his activities were focused on overthrowing the [[Qing]] dynasty and establishing a Chinese republic. Sun fled China in 1895 after an abortive revolt. He toured the world a few times to enlist aid from overseas to finance his activities. In 1905 Sun organized a revolutionary league. His political conceptions were based on the three people’s principles: [[nationalism]], [[democracy]], and the people’s livelihood. A revolution erupted in China and Sun was elected [[president]] of the new Chinese republic but two months later he resigned, leaving power to [[Yuan Shikai]]. After Sun died, [[Jiang Jieshi]] emerged as leader of the of the [[Guomindang]].
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