Pages from the history of Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen's political struggle: Military government in southern China 1918-1921

Abstract

Since 1917, Sun Yat-sen formed the military government in the south to take it as a basis for restoring the country's unity and implementing the 1912 constitution. However, this government ran into internal obstacles represented by the domination of military factions and parties, especially the military party in the south represented by the Kwangsi League, as well as its weak economic resources, which led to repercussions Several politics prompted Sun Yat-sen to withdraw from Canton and then resort to the use of military force to defeat his opponents and restore his authority in Kwangtung and take it again as a base for the reunification of the country