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On three occasions between 1917 and 1923, Sun Yat-sen established a government in Canton. On each occasion the government had few financial resources and almost no control over the military. All three of the Canton governments depended heavily on domestic loans, and a substantial portion of these loans came from the Chinese in Hong Kong. Of the Canton governments, the one established in 1923 eventually launched the northern expedition to unify China and transformed itself into a ‘national’ government in 1928.
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Chung, S.Py. (1998). Military Confrontation and Retreat. In: Chinese Business Groups in Hong Kong and Political Change in South China, 1900–25. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230501768_6
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