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Sun Yat-sen became an iconic figure for both the Nationalists of the KMT, and the Communists under Mao Zedong, and is revered in Taiwan and highly respected in China in the 21st century.<ref>For a negative view see J. Y. Wong, "Sun Yatsen: His Heroic Image a Century Afterwards." ''Journal of Asian History'' 1994 28(2): 154-176. Issn: 0021-910x </ref> When China began a systematic program of modernization in the 1980s, interest in Sun was revived by the communist government as a hero of nationalism and modernization whose image could be used to promote national unification and economic development.<ref> Key Ray Chong, and Fang-fu Ruan. "The Resurrection of Sun Yat-sen for China's Modernization." ''Journal of Third World Studies'' 1988 5(1): 130-145. Issn: 8755-3449</ref>
Sun Yat-sen became an iconic figure for both the Nationalists of the KMT, and the Communists under Mao Zedong, and is revered in Taiwan and highly respected in China in the 21st century.<ref>For a negative view see J. Y. Wong, "Sun Yatsen: His Heroic Image a Century Afterwards." ''Journal of Asian History'' 1994 28(2): 154-176. Issn: 0021-910x </ref> When China began a systematic program of modernization in the 1980s, interest in Sun was revived by the communist government as a hero of nationalism and modernization whose image could be used to promote national unification and economic development.<ref> Key Ray Chong, and Fang-fu Ruan. "The Resurrection of Sun Yat-sen for China's Modernization." ''Journal of Third World Studies'' 1988 5(1): 130-145. Issn: 8755-3449</ref>
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
===Biography and ideas===
===Biography and ideas===
* Bergere, Marie-Claire. ''Sun Yat-Sen'' (1998), 480pp, the standard biography, based on rigorous modern scholarship
* Bergere, Marie-Claire. ''Sun Yat-Sen'' (1998), 480pp, the standard biography, based on rigorous modern scholarship
===Primary Sources===
===Primary Sources===
* Cheng, Chu-yuan, ed. ''Sun Yat-sen's Doctrine in the Modern World.'' (1989). 327 pp.
* Cheng, Chu-yuan, ed. ''Sun Yat-sen's Doctrine in the Modern World.'' (1989). 327 pp.
* Wei, Julie Lee; Myers, Ramon H.; and Gillin, Donald G., eds. ''Prescriptions for Saving China: Selected Writings of Sun Yat-sen.'' (1994). 328 pp.
* Wei, Julie Lee; Myers, Ramon H.; and Gillin, Donald G., eds. ''Prescriptions for Saving China: Selected Writings of Sun Yat-sen.'' (1994). 328 pp.
==See also==
==See also==