Sun Yat-Sen

Sun Yat-Sen helped the growth of Nationalism during the early 20th century. After experiencing and studying in Hawaii, he got a taste of what the western world was like. Sun wanted to help westernize China to keep up with the world’s technology and economy. His goal was to nationalize China. He also wanted to aid in reforming the social problems China was facing. He started groups to revolutionize China and overthrow the rule of …

…he wanted his followers to carry on after he died. The three principles consisted of Nationalism, Democracy, and Livelihood. Sun was important in the 20th century for his work in trying to incorporate colonialism and imperialism in his China. Sun’s plans were implemented in Taiwan and credit was given to him for his three principles. Though it was not implemented in China, China is now considering applying Sun’s three principles to unify China.