September 27, 2026

Which leader of China's 1911 revolution, who became the first president of the Republic of China, fired the first cannon shot of the anti-Qing revolution in Chongzuo in 1907, and later visited the port city of Qingdao in 1912 with the words 'I am impressed'?

A Deng Xiaoping
B Mao Zedong
C Sun Yat-sen
D Chiang Kai-shek

Sun Yat-sen led the Chinese Revolution of 1911 that ended the Qing dynasty and became the first president of the Republic of China. He fired the first cannon shot of the earlier anti-Qing rising in Chongzuo in 1907, and visited the Qingdao area in 1912, saying 'I am impressed.'

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