Who is Sun Yat-Sen?
Sun Yat-Sen is an important Chinese revolutionary leader known as “The Father of the Republic” and “The Father of Modern China.” He spent twenty years trying to revolutionize China. In 1912, Sun did become president of the Chinese Republic, but his rule was brief as it was aggressively stolen by Yuan Shih-Kai. The three principles behind Sun Yat-Sen’s political philosophy are democracy, equalization and nationalism. These became known as The Three People’s Principles. Sun did not want foreign imperial power to control the Chinese government, but for the government to be democratically elected. Sun also believed in a more equal distribution of wealth with government participation in distributing it.
