Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang
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"If the idea of revolution is to win out, it must be through political enlightenment. It is useless to try to impose it by force of arms."
- Sun Yat Sen
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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SummarySun Yat Sen was leader of the Kuomintang who wanted to create a socialist-democratic government, but most of China was run by warlords. Chiang took over and rid the Kuomintang of any communists. Mao was amongst them and fled to remote parts of the country.
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taiwan
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