{"id":1069,"date":"2024-07-30T03:38:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T03:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/?page_id=1069"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:55:13","slug":"sun-yat-sen-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sunyatsen.my\/zh\/sun-yat-sen-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Yat Sen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925) was the foremost Asian nationalist figure of the early 20th century. In 1911, he led the Chinese Revolution that ushered in the first republic in Asia. Today, he is regarded as the father of modern China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Huanghuagang Uprising (also called the Canton Uprising or Second Guangzhou Uprising) of spring 1911, a turning point of the revolution, was strongly supported by the Overseas Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sun\u2019s political party was the Tongmenghui or China Revolutionary Alliance. In 1910, the Southeast Asia headquarters of the Tongmenghui moved to Penang. At the time, the Penang Philomatic Union, based at 120 Armenian Street, was the cover for the Penang Tongmenghui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, 120 Armenian Street showcases an exhibition on Dr. Sun Yat Sen in Penang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was in Penang that Dr. Sun convened the Penang Conference to plan the Huanghuagang Uprising in Guangzhou, China. The seed of the Wuchang Uprising was also initially planted here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sun gave a famous speech at 120 Armenian Street to launch his fundraising campaign and raised $8,000 Straits Dollars on the spot. The Kwong Wah Jit Poh<\/em>, one of the world\u2019s oldest Chinese newspaper was launched by Dr. Sun and his Penang supporters at these premises a few weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sun lived in Penang for six months in 1910 together with his family, including his second wife Chen Cui Fen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the International Revolutionary<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Dr. Sun Yat Sen as a young revolutionary in London, where he was \u2018kidnapped\u2019 by the Chinese Embassy.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Dr. Sun Yat Sen alias Sun Chong San was born in Guangdong Province, near Macao. He studied as a youth in Hawaii and Hong Kong and worked as a medical doctor in Canton and Macao. Sailing several times around the world, he campaigned for the Chinese Revolution, attracting considerable support from the Overseas Chinese. Dr. Sun promoted the ideology of the \u2018Three Principles of the People\u2019 (Nationalism, People\u2019s Power and People\u2019s Livelihood).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sun Yat Sen in London<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After the first Guangzhou Uprising failed in 1895, Sun fled China with a price on his head. In 1896 Sun was visiting his mentor James Cantlie \u2013 the Scottish physician who founded the medical college which became Hong Kong University \u2013 when he was kidnapped by the Chinese Legation. He smuggled a note out to Cantlie, who got him rescued and helped him publicise this incident in a book. \u2018Kidnapped in London\u2019 established Sun\u2019s name as the most famous Chinese revolutionary in the Western world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sun Yat Sen in Penang<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sun first came to Penang in 1905. Each year, he visited Penang to give speeches and promote the Chinese Revolution. He moved the Southeast Asian headquarters of the Tongmenghui from Singapore to Penang, at a time when his greatest backing came from the Penang party members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sun\u2019s Penang Supporters<\/h3>\n\n\n
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