Sun Yat Sen in Penang

By Khoo Salma Nasution.

Foreword by Lynn Pan.

As a young revolutionary, Dr. Sun Yat Sen travelled widely and lived amongst the Chinese communities abroad, including Japan, North America and Southeast Asia. He mobilized the overseas Chinese with the dream of saving the Chinese nation. This book tells the story of how the Second Guangzhou Uprising, a turning point of the 1911 Chinese Revolution, was planned from a place 2,400 km away – in Penang in present-day Malaysia.

Dr. Sun Yat Sen (1866-1925) was the foremost Asian nationalist figure of the early 20th century. The Huanghuagang Uprising (also called the Canton Uprising or Second Guangzhou Uprising) of spring 1911, a turning point of the revolution, was strongly supported by the Overseas Chinese. The Xinhai Revolution later that year led to the inauguration of the Chinese Republic.

Dr. Sun’s political party was the Tongmenghui or China Revolutionary Alliance. In 1910, the Southeast Asia headquarters of the Tongmenghui moved to Penang. At the time, the Penang Philomatic Union, based at 120 Armenian Street, was the cover for the Penang Tongmenghui.

It was in Penang that Dr. Sun convened the Penang Conference in November 1910 to plan the Huanghuagang Uprising in Guangzhou, China.

Dr. Sun gave a famous speech at 120 Armenian Street to launch his fundraising campaign and raised $8,000 Straits Dollars on the spot. The Kwong Wah Jit Poh, one of the world’s oldest Chinese newspaper was launched by Dr. Sun and his Penang supporters at these premises a few weeks later.

SUN YAT SEN IN PENANG IS AVAILABLE  IN ENGLISH, CHINESE SIMPLIFIED & CHINESE TRADITIONAL. 

Editorial Reviews

“…fine pictures and beautiful images included within, along with crisp narrations of persons, events and places that add colour to an exciting story.” Penang Economic Monthly

About the Author

Khoo Su Nin @ Khoo Salma Nasution was born in Penang, of Baba Nyonya (Straits Chinese) descent. She is a graduate of Duke University, United States. She was formerly editor of Pulau Pinang Magazine and Past President of Penang Heritage Trust.

As the great-great-granddaughter of Khoo Soo Hong, a founding senator of the Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, she has her roots in the Acheen Street–Armenian Street historic enclave.
She is also custodian of the Sun Yat Sen Museum Penang at 120 Armenian Street and co-founder of Areca Books with a shop along Lebuh Aceh.

A few of her works include, Streets of George Town, Penang (1993), The Chulia in Penang (2014) – winner of the 2015 ICAS Book Prize, Sejarah Bergambar Seberang Perai (2015), and Exploring Seberang Perai / Jelajah Seberang Perai (2025).

作者：邱思妮

序言：潘翎

作爲一名年輕的革命家，孫中山先生曾廣汎游歷，並長期生活在海外華人社區。其中包括日本、北美、東南亞等。他號召海外華人，以拯救中華民族為共同理想。書中講述了第二次廣州起義如何在距離廣州2400公里之外——檳榔嶼（現 馬來西亞檳城）進行策劃。這場起義後來成爲1911年中國革命的重要轉折點。

孫中山先生（1866-1925）是20世紀初最具影響力的亞洲民族主義者之一。1911年春發生的黃花崗起義（又稱廣州起義或第二次廣州起義），是中國革命的重要轉折點，并得到了海外華人的大力支持。同年晚些爆發的辛亥革命，最終促成了中華民國的成立。

孫中山先生領導的政治組織名同盟會（中國革命同盟）。1910年，同盟會南洋縂機關部遷至檳榔嶼。當時，位於打銅仔街120號的檳城閲書報社，實際上是檳城同盟會對外使用的掩護組織。

于1911年11月，孫中山先生在檳榔嶼召開了著名的 庇能會議，策劃在中國廣州進行黃花崗起義。

孫中山先生還曾在打銅仔街120號發表著名演講，正式發起籌款活動，并在一日内籌得8000元叻幣。幾周后，世界上歷史最悠久的中文報紙之一——《光華日報》也由孫中山先生及其在檳城的支持者在當地創辦。

《孫中山在檳榔嶼》現提供英文、簡體中文及繁體中文版本。

編輯評論

“書中收錄了精美的照片和豐富的圖像，并以簡潔生動的敘事方式講述人物、事件與地點，爲這個精彩故事添加了更多的色彩。”——《檳城經濟月刊》

關於作者

邱思妮女士出生於檳城，擁有峇峇娘惹血統。她畢業於美國杜克大學，曾擔任《檳榔嶼》雜志編輯，也曾擔任檳城檳城古跡信托會的主席。

作爲龍山堂邱公司創辦人之一邱四方的曾侄孫女，她的家族根源可追溯至打石街—打銅仔街歷史街區。

她是位於打銅仔街120號的孫中山檳城基地紀念館的管理者，同時也是Areca Books的共同創辦人。Areca Books在打石街設有實體店。

她的部分著作包括：Streets of George Town, Penang (1993), The Chulia in Penang (2014) – winner of the 2015 ICAS Book Prize, Sejarah Bergambar Seberang Perai (2015), and Exploring Seberang Perai / Jelajah Seberang Perai (2025).