Sun YatSen A Portrait Author:Stephen Chen and Robert Payne Chapters include The Forerunners (China in 1966); The Making of a Republic (1911-); The Principles of a People; and The Sense of Glory. Sun Yat-sen was born in 1866, graduated from school in Hawaii, entered Queen's College until the Sino-French War broke out, entered Medical School in Canton, China in 1886. The Sino-Japanese War broke out in 18... more »94. The book covers Sun Yat-sen's political roles, as well as the Boxer uprising and many insurrections until the Revolution and inauguration of the republic in 1912. He died in 1925.« less