INTRODUCTION OF INTRODUCTION OF

SUN YAT-SEN SUN YAT-SEN

(Sun Yat-sen's life ) （Xinhai Revolution）
Sun Yat-sen plays a central role in In 1911, Sun’s Tongmenghui, or
the national narratives of both the Revolutionary Alliance, overthrew

Sun Yat-sen Republic of China on Taiwan and the

People’s Republic of China, which
the Qing dynasty, ending two
millennia of imperial rule and
lionize him as a “national hero” of propelling China into a new stage of
gigantic proportions and the sociopolitical development under
determined revolutionary who the Republic of China. The earliest
brought down the Qing dynasty. literature on the 1911 Revolution
Sun’s formative and early narrated revolutionary events and
revolutionary years were spent explained the Qing’s fall as the
overseas studying or in exile to result of Sun’s foreign connections.
avoid arrest by Qing authorities,
exposing him to foreign contacts,
ideals, and funding. Although a
stalwart patriot, Sun spent little time
in China itself, viewed the world
through Christian lenses, and
routinely sought foreign aid.

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 Reason
(Why Sun Yat-sen stayed
in Hong Kong)
2. In 1883, Mr. Sun passed through
Hong Kong for the first time when he
returned from Honolulu. Although this
time was a transit, he was deeply
impressed by Hong Kong's city
appearance, urban construction and
sanitation management, which laid an
"Xinhai Revolution". Because of his
opportunity for him to study in Hong
Kong in the future.
this uprising led to the declaration
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Difficulties Locals helped
(Problems faced in (How Hong Kong locals helped
Hong Kong) Sun Yat-sen)
3. It was in the Wuchang Uprising
4. The Hong Kong locals helped
in 1911 that he initiated the
SunYat-sen by supporting the
famous "Xinhai Revolution" and
uprising economically. Before The
successfully overthrew the Qing
Revolution of 1911 succeeding, most
government end established the
of the uprises’ money was supported
Republic of China. What Sun Yat-
by Hong Kong locals as the financial
sen inspired me most was the
system of Hong Kong had more
freedom. Since Hong Kong’s located
repeated failures, the success of
mainly in the center of the event, the
Revolutionary party used Hong Kong
of independence of the provinces,
as a base for the revolution uprising.
which eventually forced the Qing
emperor to abdicate.
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