Summary.
Sun Yat Sen was the founding father and leader of the Kuomintang. During his time in power the country was largely dominated by warlords. Sun Yat Sen attempted to unify China creating a socialist democracy and for this he is recognized as a great man by both sides.
Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang
- Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925)
- Leader of the Kuomintang
- A Chinese revolutionary and president
- Foremost pioneer of Nationalist China
- Played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing dynasty
- The first provisional president
- later co-founded the Kuomintang (KMT)
- A uniting figure in post-Imperial China
- After the revolution, he quickly fell out of power
- The Kuomintang of China
- A founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China
- Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People
- Advocated by Sun Yat-sen
- Headquarters are located in Taipei, Republic of China
- It is currently the ruling political party of the ROC
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