On top of Guangzhou's Yellow Flower Mound


In his years of exile, Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925) toured many places in the world, including Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Malacca, Seremban, Kuala Pilah, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Sungai Siput, Gopeng and Jelapang * which were then effectively under the colonial rule, direct as well as indirect, of the British Empire.
Despite his untimely death in 1925 and unfinished struggle that left a transitional China continued to be the 'Sick Man of East Asia' for the next 24 years, the 1911 Revolution inspired by him set in motion a revolutionary process of far-reaching repercussions not only in politics but also culture, lifestyles, philosophy of life, worldview and mentality among the Chinese.
Dr. Sun, a Christian and an US graduate in medicine, is respected by the Chinese people across the political spectrum as the Father of Modern China although his dream for a unified, independent and sovereign nation with a collective sense of self-worth and self-respect was only realised with establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) or New China in 1949.
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