Dr.+Sun+Yatsen+(3+principles)

  What does Dr. Sun and his beliefs show about the conditions of China during Mao's formative years? Dr. Sun Yatsen's 3 Principles were: National Freedom Democratic Government The people's livlihood  Dr. Sun and his beliefs show that China was being strongly influenced or maybe even controlled by foreign powers during Mao's formative years. //needs explanation to make sense here.// It also shows that China was not in a democratic state and that Sun did not agree with Mao's plans for China's government //same here//. The fact that one of his principles called for the people's livlihood illustrates that the Chinese citizens weren't very active in what was happening to their country //shows a misunderstanding of what Dr. Sun meant by that//, or maybe he just didn't have support from then //them / then//??? because Mao focused on all the peasants.