Word: yat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...YAT-SEN DYING" "DEATH...
HONGKONG" "SUN YAT-SEN ALIVE...
...YAT-SEN IS ALIVE, SAYS HIS SECRETARY...
That was the past week's Sun Yat-Sen news from China, as told by newspaper headlines. Dr. Sun, "George Washington of the Far East," is one of the outstanding figures of Republican China. In 1911, he took a leading part in overthrowing the ancient Monarchy, became a Provisional President of the Chinese Republic. Since those days, however, he has been considered one of the main obstacles to the unification of China. Born in 1866, Sun became a doctor of medicine in 1892, and from that year began his intensive interest in politics. The year 1896 found the young...
Captain Pelletier d'Oisy, flying from Paris to Tokyo (TIME, May 12) arrived at Canton, China, was greeted by President Sun Yat-Sen* of South China and members of the French Colony. His total flying time from Paris was 80½ hours. D'Oisy reported heat waves and sand storms from Calcutta as the chief obstacles and predicts the stretch he has just crossed will be the most difficult for the American flyers...