7. AN HISTORICAL TURNING POINT: THE 1911 REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON SINGAPORE’S CHINESE SOCIETY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
5. INTRODUCTION xv
6. KEYNOTE ADDRESS. “SUN YAT-SEN AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN CHINESE POLITICS” 1
7. PART I. The Political Thoughts of Sun Yat-sen
8. 1. THE BRITISH MODEL IN SUN YAT-SEN’S VISION OF MODERNIZATION FOR CHINA 17
9. 2. ON SUN YAT-SEN’S THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE PEOPLE: A PHILOSOPHY APPROACH 28
10. 3. SUN YAT-SEN’S IDEA OF REGIONALISM AND HIS LEGACY 44
11. 4. SUN YAT-SEN AND JAPANESE PAN-ASIANISTS 61
12. PART II. Sun Yat-sen, Overseas Chinese and the 1911 Chinese Revolution
13. 5. UMBILICAL TIES: THE FRAMING OF OVERSEAS CHINESE AS THE MOTHER OF REVOLUTION 75
14. 6. THAILAND AND THE XINHAI REVOLUTION: EXPECTATION, REALITY AND INSPIRATION 130
15. 7. AN HISTORICAL TURNING POINT: THE 1911 REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON SINGAPORE’S CHINESE SOCIETY 148
16. 8. A TRANSNATIONAL REVOLUTION: SUN YAT-SEN, OVERSEAS CHINESE, AND THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT IN XIAMEN, 1900–12 170
17. 9. PATRIOTIC CHINESE WOMEN: FOLLOWERS OF SUN YAT-SEN IN DARWIN, AUSTRALIA 200
18. PART III. Reports/Remembrances of Sun Yat-sen and the 1911 Revolution
19. 10. (GRAND)FATHER OF THE NATION? COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF SUN YAT-SEN IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA 221
20. 11. HISTORICAL LINKAGE AND POLITICAL CONNECTION: COMMEMORATION AND REPRESENTATION OF SUN YAT-SEN AND THE 1911 REVOLUTION IN CHINA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1946–2010 245
21. 12. REVOLUTIONARIES AND REPUBLICANS: THE FRENCH PRESS ON SUN YAT-SEN AND THE XINHAI REVOLUTION 270
22. CONCLUDING REMARKS 313