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  • Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary leader who transformed China from a monarchy to republic, was born in southern Guangdong, where he was influenced by the anti-Manchu tradition and the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864). In 1879, Sun was sent to his elder brother in Hawai'i, where he attended a Christian school for 4 years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Sun Yat-Sen (1866–1925)]

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