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 DR. SUN YAT SEN This ardent Republican has been the soul of the Chinese revolution. He was born in 1866. After studying medicine he determined to devote his life to the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty and the establishment of a Chinese republic. He spent a considerable period in the United States. When the revolution was finally successful, he was chosen provisional president of the new republic, but gave way to Yuan Shih-kai, China's first president