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Some people
are born to redirect the flow of history. The father of modern China, Sun Yat Sen had been
such a rare found colossus with unparallel genius and love for work.
Born in a farmer's family in the Shiang province of China, Sun did his schooling in
Honolulu. Later he converted into Christianity and was influenced by the ideals of
democracy. He joined a rebel party when he was a student at the medical college in
Honolulu.
Back home he founded Shing chung-hui, an organization to bring renaissance in China.
He had to flee to Japan for his anti-establishment activities. He, however, continued his
operations from Japan. He called for making China a modern, democratic nation by
ousting the ongoing Manchu rule. The Manchu government, he believed, was responsible for
the downfall of China.
Inspired by his ideals even the Chinese national army rebelled against the Manchu rule.
Soon it spread across the whole nation. Accordingly the revolution resulted in bringing an
end to the the Manchu rule. And in 1911 the republic of China came into being with Dr. Sun
as its president.
He worked hard to uplift the Chinese nation. He introduced three doctrines to
unite the nationalists of China. The doctrines are: People's nationalism, Peoples'
Democracy, and Peoples' Livelihood. The first one called for tuning China into a sovereign
republic. The second one was inspired by the goal of ensuring equal rights for all under a
new constitution. Though Dr. Sun believed Peoples' Livelihood would be ensured through
bringing social reforms. He was in favor of bringing certain sectors of industry under
national ownership as against the private ownership.
But all were not loyal to the republican rule under Dr Sun. When a civil war broke out due
to some over ambitious army generals, he resigned as the president.
Though he was in power for a brief period, he brought in a democratic renaissance that
modernized the Chinese nation with long term effect. It was under his leadership the
people of China woke up after a long period of slumber under the regime of medieval
darkness and superstition. Indeed, Dr. Sun Yat sen is rightly called the father of modern
China. The people of China was assured to do this.
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