Sun Yat-sen
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Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese physician, revolutionary and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang. Sun is credited with leading the 1911 Revolution and overthrowing the
Sun in 1922
Sun (second from left) and his friends the Four Bandits: Yeung Hok-ling (left), Chan Siu-bak (middle), Yau Lit (right), and Guan Jingliang (關景良, standing) at the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, circa 1888
Plaque in London marking the site of a house at 4 Warwick Court, WC1, in which Sun Yat-sen lived in exile. Text: "Father of the Chinese Republic, lived in a house on this site while a political exile from his country".
Wedding photo, Sun's 2nd marriage, to Soong Ching-ling, October 1915, Tokyo.
Kuomintang
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The Kuomintang is a major political party in the Republic of China. It was the sole ruling party of Mainland China from 1928 to 1949 until its relocation to Taiwan, and in Taiwan ruled under martial l
The KMT reveres its founder, Sun Yat-sen, as the "Father of the Nation"
The Revolutionary Army attacking Nanjing in 1911
Venue of the 1st National Congress of Kuomintang in 1924
Closing ceremony of the National Army Reorganization and Disbandment Conference at National Government compound, Nanjing, January 25, 1929.