Sun Yat-sen

[ soon yaht-sen ]

noun

1. 1866–1925, Chinese political and revolutionary leader.

Sun Yat-sen

/ ˈsʊn ˈjɑːtˈsɛn /

noun

1. Sun Yat-sen18661925MChinesePOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state 1866–1925, Chinese statesman, who was instrumental in the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty and was the first president of the Republic of China (1911). He reorganized the Kuomintang

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But the latter did interfere, and Sun Yat Sen was released after several days.

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But the death of Sun Yat-sen had been followed after a time by tension within the party between its right and left wings.

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Thus there were disturbances, especially in the south, where Sun Yat-sen with his followers agitated for a democratic republic.

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This is the most critical of the biographies of Sun Yat-sen.

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The plot failed, and fifteen out of the sixteen conspirators were arrested and executed; Sun Yat-sen alone escaped.

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