In order to save the nation from subjugation, in the period from the 1840s to the early 20th century, progressive Chinese figures tried to learn from West and strove to take the capitalist path; Hong Xiuquan, Kang Youwei, Yan Fu and Sun Yat-sen were the representative figures who looked to the West for a path of salvation. This was the situation before the CPC was born…
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