Sun Yat Sen Vs Russia

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Both China and Russia began with different goals for how they wanted to govern their countries after their respective revolutions. When Sun Yat-Sen, leader of the nationalists and head of the new republic, envisioned his China, he yearned for a western style democratic government. It would be quite new and different from what China had experienced in basically it’s entire timeline, but Sun Yat-Sen saw it’s potential and how far it could advance a society. This new society would be based on his three principals of the people. These were nationalism, democracy and economic security. In stark contrast to this, Russia was controlled by the communist known as N Lenin. While China wished to give the power to the people, Russia wished to soak all

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