Sun Zhongshan, Yuan Shikai and the Republic of China

    
I. Sun's (R)evolutionary Beliefs

II. Formation of China
    1. Republic of China (January 1, 1912)
             • Sun as Provisional President
                   - GMD: Guomindang (National People's Party) [KMT - Kuomintang]
    2. Manchu Abdication (February 12, 1912)

II. Yuan Shikai
    1. Transfer of Power
             • Factional Politics
             • President of the Republic (February 13, 1912)
                   - Oct. 10, 1913
    2. Betrayal of the Republic
             • Second Revolution
                   -Rule by Assassination
             • Yuan's Imperial Fantasy
             • 1916 = Reign of the Glorious Constitution (Hongxian)
             • Provincial Reactions
                   -Yunnan (Dec 25, 1915)
                   -Guizhou (Dec 27, 1915)
                   -Guangxi (March 15, 1916)
                   -Guangdong (April 6, 1916)
                   -Zhejiang (April 12, 1916)

III. The resurrection of Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen, Sun Yixian)
    1. Song Qingling (Soong Ch'ing-ling) -
                   - Soong Family
    2. Revitalization of the GMD
             • First Congress (1924)
                   - GMD-Comintern (Communist International) Alliance
                   - Shifting Principles:  Fundamentals of National Reconstruction (1923)
             • Northern Expedition
     3. End of an Era:  March 12, 1925