Essays Tagged: "Sun Yat-sen"

Mao Zedong and him as a leader

the so-called 'Mandate of Heaven.' In 1911, the Republic of China was born under the supervision of Sun Yat Sen. Despite the new name, the republic did not escape the age old dynastic cycle: just as i ...

(18 pages) 329 1 3.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Taiwan, R.O.C

Founding FatherSun Yat-sen, named Sun Zhong-shan or Sun Wen, was born in an ordinary peasant's family in Cuiheng Vi ... in an ordinary peasant's family in Cuiheng Village on November 12, 1866.when he was ten years old, Sun Yat-sen attended an oldstyle private school in Cuiheng Village. At the age of twelve, he went to ... . At the age of twelve, he went to Honolulu to study and returned to China at ate age of seventeen. Sun married Lu Mu-Zhen in 1884. From 1886 to 1892, Sun Yat-sen studied medicine in Guangzhou, Hong K ...

(7 pages) 102 0 4.2 Jul/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Sun Yat-Sen: Father of the Chinese Republic.

"SUN YAT-SEN: 'THE FATHER OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC'"Known to millions of people as "the Father of the ... ATHER OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC'"Known to millions of people as "the Father of the Chinese Republic," Sun Yat-Sen holds an extraordinary place in modern China's complex and tumultuous history. He serves ... n inspiration and a political dignitary to the most radical and diverse political parties. Although Sun was such an extraordinary influence on Chinese history, he actually spent much of his life in ex ...

(5 pages) 62 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Republican Revolution in China 1911 It is about the successful and unsuccesful attempts in making China a republican country. It also compares with the French Revolution.

ut on October 10, 1911, at Wuchang, the Capital of Hubei Province. The leader of this revolution is Sun Yat-sen, a republican and anti-Qing activist. By the end of November 1911, 15 of the 24 Chinese ... Provincial Delegates from central and northern China declared China a Republic. On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat-sen was elected the President of the Republic of China. However, in Beijing, another leader, ...

(1 pages) 55 0 2.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Modern Chinese History How successful was China in developing into a modern state in the early 1900's?

rgoing fundamental changes in politics as well as society due to politicians and activists, such as Sun Yet-sen, the founder of the Republic of China, pushing for China to reform from the traditional ... had unified China under nationalist Chinese rule. According to the 'World Heritage' packet (p.1032) Sun Yet-sen, with the help of Soviet advisors, reorganized the government of China and based it on a ...

(3 pages) 112 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Manchurian Incident along with Nanking by bobby b

When Sun Yat Sen declared the Republic of China on October 10, 1911, China embarked on 40 years of intern ...

(3 pages) 29 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights

Why did the Communists gain control of China in 1949?

d. Around this time, two political parties formed. One was a Nationalist Party, the KMT, founded by Sun Yat-sen. The other was a Communist party, the CCP. From 1925, to 1927, the CCP and the KMT were ...

(3 pages) 103 2 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Coping with Westernization

keep their traditional environment alive. These leaders, Fukuzawa, Vivekananda, Gandhi, Nehru, and Sun Yat-sen, shared their reactions and ways to cope with Westernization. Fukuzawa, a Japanes ... like Gandhi said, but it also has many good qualities in it, which can clear up those evils. Sun Yat-Sen lived with his three friends in China. They were fascinated with revolutions, especially ...

(4 pages) 48 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The continuing foreign control over much of china, and ever-increasing influence of Japan doomed china for a state of political and social destress from 1911 to communist victory of 1914

1912 the Republic of China was established, signaling the end of the Manchu-dominated Qing Empire. Sun Yat-sen of the Kuomintang, was proclaimed provisional president of the republic. However, Yuan S ... owever, Yuan Shikai, a former Qing general who had defected to the revolutionary cause, soon forced Sun to step aside and took the presidency for himself. For the years to come up until the Communist ...

(4 pages) 25 0 2.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Three Gorges Dam.

arness it for hydropower has been the dream of several generations of Chinese since the time of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, forerunner of China's democratic revolution. The first proposition for construction dat ... democratic revolution. The first proposition for construction dates back to the year 1919, when Dr. Sun Yat Sen suggested to build a dam at the Three Gorges. Since 1954, Chinese and foreign scientists ...

(4 pages) 29 0 0.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Was Sun Yat-sen a revolutionary?

In his own 'Three Principles of the People'; Sun Yat-sen claimed "Nothing short of a revolution would provide the remedy" to China's humiliation ... nced and James Gregor and Maria Hsia Chang clarify this process as reactive nationalism.They depict Sun as Kuo fu, father of the country and to the Chinese he was a "symbol of the virtuous patriot". S ... om China formed an emotional connection. This essay will outline the common factors associated with Sun, for example his connections abroad and influence within China. It will also examine key histori ...

(9 pages) 48 0 4.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Sun Yat Sen

Dr. Sun Yat Sen was widely recognized as the founder of the modern China. Through his political inspirat ... ut of the darkness of the corrupted imperial Qing Dynasty to the new grounds of democracy. Although Sun's goal was not totally accomplished by the time he past away, but no doubt his dedication for th ... he was considered to be the most important person in the twentieth century in modern China. Without Sun, China would probably remain in control of the rotten Qing Dynasty and eventually fall into the ...

(4 pages) 21 0 1.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

China: Why were the communists successful in taking control of China from the Guomindang [Nationalists] by 1949?

ound this time, two political parties were formed. One was a Nationalist Party, the KMT, founded by Sun Yat-sen. The other was a Communist party, the CCP. From 1925, to 1927, the CCP and the KMT were ...

(3 pages) 53 1 2.6 May/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

In political, cultural and social terms the May Fourth Movement was far more important than the 1911 Revolution. Discuss.

The 1911 Revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat Sen is one of the most significant events in the history of China. It marked an end to the w ... volution where many revolutionary groups within China became allied with the republican movement of Sun Yat-Sen. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen called for the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of a ... Communist Party; far outweighed those of the 1911 Revolution.Word Count: 2615BibliographyChow, Tse-tsung. (1960), The May Fourth Movement: Intellectual Revolution inModern China, Harvard University Pr ...

(12 pages) 73 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Three gorges dam

Gorge dam is over 75 years old, dating back to when it was first proposed by the nationalist leader Sun Yat-Sen, in 1919. The dam was a dream of communist leader Mao Zedong, who felt it would be a pot ...

(9 pages) 15 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Chinese Revolution In Brief

Chinese Revolution in Brief The leader at the beginning of the revolution was a man named Sun Yat-sen who had declared China a republic in hopes of a free democratic society in 1912. Unfortu ... ream. Shigai created a dictatorship out of the democracy to be, but Yat-sen wasn't done yet. Sun Yat-sen set up the would-be Nationalist party and tried to overthrow Shigai, but failed, so Yat- ...

(2 pages) 19 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History