Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), the first president of the Republic of China, has left a supremely ambivalent political and intellectual legacy -- so much so that he is claimed as a Founding Father by both the present rival governments in Taipei and Beijing. This book argues that the life and work of Sun Yat-sen have been distorted both by the creation of a myth and by attempts at demystification. Its aim is to provide a fresh overall evaluation of the man and the events he so profoundly influenced.