after a string of Chinese military defeats exposed corruption and incompetence within the imperial government of the Qing dynasty.

The Revive China Society went through several political re-organizations in later years and eventually became the party known as the Kuomintang. As such, the contemporary Kuomintang considers its founding date to be the establishment of the Revive China Society.

Development and Decline

Because Sun was in exile from

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