WORLD HISTORY

POST COLD WAR WORLD

RISE OF CHINA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This was the leader of the nationalist party who believed in the “Three Principles of the People".
A
Deng Xiaoping
B
Mao Zedong
C
Chiang Kai-shek
D
Sun Yat-Sen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1894 when the Revive China Society was formed, Sun only had two principles: nationalism and democracy. He picked up the third idea, welfare, during his three-year trip to Europe from 1896 to 1898. He announced all three ideas in the spring of 1905, during another trip to Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1919, Sun Yat-sen re-established the party under the name “Kuomintang” in the Shanghai French Concession.

Detailed explanation-3: -Following the death of Sun Yat-sen, General Chiang Kai-shek emerged as the KMT leader and launched the Northern Expedition in 1926 to defeat the northern warlords and unite China under the party.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of Sun’s major legacies was the creation of his political philosophy of the Three Principles of the People. These Principles included the principle of nationalism (minzu, ), of democracy (minquan, ), and of welfare (minsheng, ).

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