Sun Yat-sen - A Dream of China - #5 (Patreon)

Last episode of Sun Yat-sen! Next week is Lies and the music video!

In his writing years, Sun became more openly anti-colonial. Years of eliciting support from foreign powers had worn Sun down. He raged against the hypocrisy of governments like the United States, that praised democratic systems but supported the autocratic warlords. He upbraided Japan for emulating western colonialism rather than siding with other Asian nations. He called for cancelling all unequal treaties that foreign governments had imposed via military force. And those positions proved extremely popular with the young New Culture revolutionaries...