Sun Yat-sen

Sun Yat-sen is widely regarded as the foremost revolutionary of his time.
History

Sun Yat-sen and the Xinhai Revolution: A pictorial journey

By Hsu Chung-mao 30 Oct 2019
Between October and December 1911, fierce fighting broke out between the revolutionaries and the Qing troops. And by early 1912, China's 2,000 years of imperial rule was history. The Xinhai Revolution led by Sun Yat-sen had successfully united the Chinese people against the imperial system, and built the first Republic in Asia, changing the fate of China and East Asia. Hsu Chung-mao takes us on a visual journey through that period of chaos and upheaval.
Chen Cuifen was not recognised. History does not remember her name. Her relationship with Sun Yat-sen was never made public. (SPH)
History

Sun Yat-sen’s lover Cuifen and her Malaysia villa

By Chia Yei Yei 16 Oct 2019
What will matter most on one’s deathbed? For Chen Cuifen, partner of Sun Yat-sen, it was a gold ring and a pocket watch, engraved with Sun’s English name.