Sun Yat-sen - A Kidnapping in London - Part 2 - Extra History

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REMINDER: as we are going on our annual winter holiday break, Extra History will resume with Sun Yat-sen #3 on January 12 (or sooner if you're a patron...) Suggestion survey for future Extra History series is open now! www.patreon.com/posts/23458594

[@ethanrobinson5509]

Extra Credits please do the Texas Revolution next

[@LordBloodySoul]

This man is a legend! :O

[@John77Doe]

Extra Credits Enjoy your Winter vacation. 😑😑😑😑

[@mattysway4792]

Have a good break everyone!

[@nancyomalley6441]

Joan of Arc (if you haven't already done her story yet)

[@ExhaustedElox]

I can't imagine how many lives Lu Hao Dong saved in burning that book. The man knew that the revolution was bigger than himself. Such a sacrifice in the end.

[@RRoxas65]

I am strictly against book burning.

[@redthered3242]

@@RRoxas65 Hahhahaha

[@RRoxas65]

@@redthered3242 I am not kidding, I am very strict against it ( book burning).

[@kurttheking7400]

Marc Guevarra even if it would save thousands of lives?

[@toddharig8142]

@@RRoxas65 Ikr? It didn't sit well with me either..

[@leloyqy]

The dude who burned the book was a legend and hero

[@merrittanimation7721]

He could've saved himself, but instead he saved many others. That's dedication.

[@JohnJohnson-vq7ze]

@@Termsofseve But he had the choice to flee instead.

[@XxPussyEaterxX-xz3cv]

@@merrittanimation7721 No he could not, his name is on that book.

[@houman007]

He is known as the first man to sacrifice for the Republican Revolution in China.

[@ThatOneDude80085]

There are also the ones that created the Communist China we have today 😐

[@DragoniteSpam]

I think "emotional rollercoaster" describes this one pretty well.

[@misternsta]

Wait, how.

[@mozoahmdd7457]

ةةةةةةةةةوةةةةةةةةاللاة

[@jasminejustinplaytime3123]

yup

[@Babigoldfish]

Man the jailer was a big plot twist

[@umakantharia3675]

1200th like

[@Wintermute01001]

Geez. If this were a fictional story instead of real life, I'd be pissed at all the ridiculous coincidences. XD

[@osonhouston]

As the saying goes truth is stranger than fiction.

[@namonaite]

@@osonhouston lets be honest life's full of so many plot twists it might as well be a bad drama most of the time.

[@Deadxman616]

@@osonhouston that's because Fiction has rules

[@euansmith3699]

Indeed, both sides hiring the same detective agency is so weird.

[@andrefilipe9042]

@@euansmith3699 It could have been a very good Detective Agency. And probably it was fit for strange jobs like following a man and watch over something without questions.

[@josephschultz3301]

This beer's for you, Lu Hao Dong. Massive respect for what you did, risking your life to save so many others by burning that book. And even after they tortured you, you didn't spill the beans. Put simply, there are some cultures out there that would deify a man for what you did.

[@patzandor]

That man sacrificed himself to save everyone in the society. I salute to him, the most honourable person in the story.

[@anttibjorklund1869]

"Not because he had a plan". So he was an anti-Bismarckian type?

[@thomaswilson3827]

Antti Björklund Bismarck didn’t just have a plan BISMARCK ALWAYS HAD A PLAN

[@Nyghtking]

@@thomaswilson3827 Bismarck was the human avatar of tzeentch.

[@davididiart5934]

"...Sun Yat-sen NEVER had a plan."

[@mrbenoit5018]

Antti Björklund he needs a lesson in planmaking.

[@maank2146]

More like a young Bismarck. Dont forget the fist episode with bismarcks ... "great"... plans....

[@triangulum8869]

Lu sacrificing to burn the book is very honorable. Knowing you’d be killed but doing it anyways to save others is heroic.

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

Stay tuned for the next episode of "Sun Yat-Sen: doing illegal stuff in major cities!"

[@marcc1830]

Damn this Mid Season Finale, Extra Credit ! ;) Have a merry christmas and happy new year guys.

[@rand0m508]

It's like a mission impossible movie, there's got to be a cool backdrop ;)

[@alphaxalex1634]

9:51 *Of the people* *By the people* *For the People* **EAGLE!!** WHO WON? WHO’S NEXT? YOU DECIDE!!

[@diodejr9385]

Was waiting for this comment

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

I knew that this would find it's way somehow..

[@Hanesboi]

As soon as I read this I was hoping it would say "Eagleeeeee!!!!"

[@lordofgangstas]

EEEEEEEEEEPICRAPBATTLESOFHISTORYYYYYY

[@frogginachos0124]

I laughed at eagle. 😂

[@bryceramos3133]

Does that "Japanese botanist" have any more Pokemon? I need to beat Let's Go.

[@gmosphere]

Well Sun yat sen is going to Japan and Nintendo had been operating for seven years at that point, so... maybe?

[@Archgeek0]

@@gmosphere I don't think Hanafuda cards are going to help too much with that, unless Koi-koi is in some way connected to magicarp or something.

[@roccimo]

@@gmosphere 8:30 New Creature Found

[@itstimeforafuckingcrusade]

@@roccimo oh my gosh I hadn't noticed that.

[@Tronerfull]

as far a I know you have to be pretty bad at pokemon to not beat lets go with literaly any pokemon

[@ziyuexiang3494]

As someone who went to the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, I am really proud and honored to see his story being told in such detail. I have learned a lot from your video. Thank you so much!

[@JohnnyElRed]

For all of the urgency there was to getting him out of the consulate, surely the chinese government took his sweet time getting him out of London. XD

[@KonohasEdge]

I think back than orders needed a while to arrive. I guess so at least.

[@thrandompug2254]

bureaucracy

[@kevinconrad6156]

I suspect it was waiting for the ship they knew they could smuggle a person out on without the British knowing.

[@l0lLorenzol0l]

Imperial China was infamous for how rigid it's bureaucracy was

[@Qardo]

There was a time that the Emperor wanted to try some of this Pizza from Europe. By the time the order was placed. The Emperor was dead and the Border was closed. So...the pizza was never delivered. (I totally made up this story)

[@elitecorsair]

Too bad Japan's version of pan-asian turned into "Japan is the best asian country, everyone serve Japan"

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

There's no difference between the Han and the Yamato. Just a question of who did what at any given time. Same ego. Same arrogance. Same master race attitude.

[@Emilechen]

@@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Han has an arrogance because they have been one of the center of Human civilization for thousands years, a great powerhouse in Asia from Antiquity to today, and Japan? ok, after Meji Reform, Japan becomes a modern powerful and wealthy country, but what about Yamato and ancient Japan? they never won any wars in external conquest, Yamato was just a tiny kingdom on a isolated island with a so-called divin emperor,

[@ryanjapan3113]

Emile Chen you have any pottery?

[@WaterShowsProd]

@@Emilechen That's true, though the reform itself is extraordinary; going from an isolated, mediaeval island nation to a modern empire and defeating a world power (Russia) in a decade or so. The subsequent expansionism (in search of raw materials due to the embargo after defeating Russia) is what the original poster alludes to. Nations in Southeast Asia (in particular British Burma and French Indochine) were enticed by Japan's promise of deliverance from European colonialism, and then found themselves further oppressed and fighting against their own self-proclaimed liberators. A story that recurs again and again.

[@kanapotetakerngkeat3506]

JApan asianism

[@robbiegarber898]

8:31 and 10:01 Looks like Ali's been playing too much Pokemon.

[@harrisonissac8810]

A pikachu and oddish.

[@harrisonissac8810]

Vaporeon has the most OP move, Surf

[@jonasb104]

@@harrisonissac8810 You know very many Pokémon can have Surf, right? ;)

[@ReviveHF]

Later, Sun Yat Sen married a Japanese wife named Kaoru Otsuki and had a daughter named Fumiko, then after some years, Sun went to British Malaya(now Malaysia) to gather the Overseas Chinese support to fight against the Manchu Dynasty. Sun and Otsuki truly loved each other, but by the time Sun went to British Malaya, Otsuki never saw him again. When Sun Yat Sen was in British Malaya, Sun had another girlfriend named Chen Chuifen. In British Malaya, Sun made a personal plea for financial aid at the Penang Conference held on 13 November 1910 in Malaya. The leaders launched a major drive for donations across the Malay Peninsula. Penang Conference was the turning point in the history of China, the Yellow Flower Mound revolt and Xinhai revolution was the results of Penang Conference. As for Sun Yat Sen's Japanese wife Kaoru Otsuki and daughter Fumiko, both of them were adopted by Miyagawa, a heartbroken moment for both Kaoru and Fumiko.

[@Dremekeks]

0:52 - "The book is curled to ashes by the time the soldiers take him." What a true fucking brother. What a sacrifice.

[@NobelTheKnave]

Sun Yat-sen: Doesn’t have a plan Bismarck: Pathetic

[@aguy2581]

Cant wait to learn more about history

[@mozoahmdd7457]

ططكمظازوز نزننتن

[@leomatveev28]

You will not be able to like this if article 13 PASSES

[@BaronElBardo]

Did you imagine a China with a modern democracy, land reorganization and without big corporations? Me neither.

[@illidan124825634]

Mr. Loxus They kind of did it when they lost the civil war and came to Taiwan in 1949, they bought the land of the landlords via bond and gave them to the tenant farmers, my family was one of those landlord whose land was “taken” by the government.

[@GigawingsVideo]

To be fair even if the Imperial China survive the revolution it will collapse sooner or later because it's ravaged by corruption. The collapse probably happened during World War 2 when everyone is at play. Some options are: 1. New better Imperial China 2. New Imperial China but still same corruption 3. China republic but it will struggle. There's also chance of breaking up into smaller countries.

[@festethephule7553]

I mean...Taiwan.

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

Taiwan doesn't have land reorganization and their big corporate like foxcon are sucking the mainland's ball for cheap labours.

[@festethephule7553]

@@jansenjunaedi4926 To be fair though, it does have democracy.

[@henrytherobot]

Love this, great job! 👍

[@deirdregibbons5609]

Ali is such a great addition to your team. I´m glad to see more of her art in here.

[@Pikazilla]

10:00 Wild Oddish Appeared!

[@shittyname2657]

8:30 A Wild Pikachu Appears!

[@praetorianguard261]

8:55 a wild Butterfree appeared!

[@robertwalpole360]

A wild Walpole appears!

[@erieelyalvees198]

Aerio😉😉😉😉😉

[@officialxverzusz]

Lol, didn' t saw that

[@finneusredacted5689]

The anime continues

[@ausore9832]

*angry weeb sounds*

[@NoName-xxxxx]

10:01 oddish

[@spicycake5501]

Sun: I have to change my look to survive Also Sun: *Takes pic of new look and publish them*

[@britishspy2640]

Brain size: MEGA

[@papafranku8799]

i can honestly say that this episode was the best narrated of all the episodes in this entire channel if not all youtube's history channels.

[@benjamindegroat2329]

A extra history about western native americans would be cool like the nez perce or the sioux. This series is a great way to learn history. Keep up the good work!

[@aaronmorton5427]

3:36 You guys gave a cameo to Georgism! Never have I loved this series so much!

[@louisekamaka7024]

Bruh Sun went to my school. We literally have a statue of him wtf

[@chowyee5049]

Will this series cover the Warlord Era? I think it's important to understand how the revolution fell apart.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

1920 is cut of date unless the series is sponsored (I think they can go a tad behind that so I guess it’s possible but I don’t think it’s likely since it goes on for most of the 20s).

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

Since the title of this series is Sun Yat-sen I think it'll end at his death.

[@rayray6490]

That'll be like 30 episodes long, covering 6-7 characters

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

I think that will be another series. Like the lives of chiang or the rise of mao.

[@starboardplunger6543]

Or talk about the relationship between KMT and the Communists Or Yuan Shi Kai's Imperial China Or even Cheng kai shek and his family

[@UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER]

Watching in this while in hospital (dont worry im fine just routine check up) have a merry christmas guys

[@LucidTheDM]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@benheinz8817]

And to you too!

[@lawrencemiller7442]

Merry Christmas. Hope you feel better.

[@angry-commenter8007]

Merry Christmas

[@jakesmith5310]

Merry Christmas

[@OscarDiaz-ix2fl]

Love to see you guys in trending. Love to all of you!!

[@johnbagel2560]

Yes, my favorite KZbin series continues!

[@Vienna3080]

Why do you guys keep using the PRC borders for the Qing

[@joshuakusuma5953]

@Ishir Mehra Qing territories were a bit bigger but, yeah. Pretty similar.

[@EzraMerr]

@Ishir Mehra Qing China hardly had control over Xinjiang, Never had maintained any territory of Tibet, Manchuria was not even Han, and inner Mongolia was never a part of Qing

[@EzraMerr]

@Ishir Mehra Fulin- Han Xuanye- Han Yinzhen- Han (but resided with the manchu) Hongli- half han half manchu Yongyan- half Han half manchu .... e.t.c

[@Patterrz]

I spy an Oddish 10:05

[@Finkster5]

And a Pikachu earlier in the newspaper!

[@sometwo7429]

8:32 a pikachu too

[@saltysunlights9861]

I can't believe this was produced 4 years ago. Flowing your vids since 2018

[@Bufoferrata]

THIS is why I read history! All the contrived nonsense that fiction writers cook up can't hold a candle to the whacky stuff that happens to people, and that people do, in real life! What a story! Reality blows fiction away every time. BTW: that Sun-Super hero pic at 8:56 is beyond epic! I was expecting some funky Kaiju music....Any chance of a T-shirt with that image? January 12th, Damn! That's a long time to wait. But I'm not going to ruin the suspense for myself by peeking at wiki......

[@jumpychips]

I just found this channel and now I’m staying up late watching history videos for no reason

[@ab6ixblindforloveismyultja641]

My great grandpa donated a lot to SYS. He even received a wooden plaque thingy to hang in front of his house from him :)

[@mykhailozadorozhnyi4983]

Wow! what a great story with its own ups and downs that makes you dive deeply in the story! Thank you

[@levineinas2353]

You guys must put so much time in your vids because their so great!

[@alexanderargyrakis7671]

It's so good to see an extra credit video I broke my leg so this helps a lot.

[@shamikghosh7197]

I wished history was taught like this

[@raph9584]

You should do one of these about Louis Pasteur he is really a fascinating character that never surrendered and without him the world would be totally different

[@PM1871]

After this, could you possibly do a series on Pedro II of Brazil? His story is quite interesting.

[@dominicguye8058]

And rather tragic tbh 🙁

[@ivhanlagulay559]

@@dominicguye8058 who's he?

[@dominicguye8058]

@@ivhanlagulay559 the second Emperor of Brazil, popular both at the time and now, he got overthrown after Brazil abolished slavery

[@ivhanlagulay559]

@@dominicguye8058 wait,brazil had an empire?

[@thelonewanderer2550]

@@ivhanlagulay559 yes

[@Aziz-le2ot]

Please do something about the life of Yoshitsune Minamoto! His life was full of excitement from decorated general, to run away criminal!!!

[@ElGringoCastellano]

You mentioned economic theory and land reform, but you still haven't mentioned Georgism or Progress and Poverty. Sun Yat Sen was a Georgist.

[@michaeldonahue1009]

3:35 Check out what he's reading

[@ElGringoCastellano]

@@michaeldonahue1009 Whoa! I hadn't caught that! Still a more explicit mention is worthwhile

[@jeffbenton6183]

You just made me read the Wikipedia page for Georgism. (A word my phone's autocorrect apparently doesn't think exists). It was the most interesting thing I read all week. Thanks!

[@ollilahtela]

Great video as always. Have you considered making a series telling about Ataturk? I would love to learn more about him and he seems like a perfect fit for this channel.

[@Tyrkia123]

Yes please! Such an interesting person

[@asalways1504]

Totally!

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

I really loved to know ataturk. The guy who proved that modernization and islam can work.

[@guyguy7634]

This is very suspenseful! Someone should try and make a movie about this!

[@natethepnda8528]

Hey guys just let everyone know that Sun Yat Sen is the creator of Yat Sen a famous school around China and also have branches around the world like Fiji. He left behind quite the legacy since Yat Sen is a very refined school.

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

He is the father of modern china by both mainland and overseas. China you see today all started from his revolution

[@thevioletskull8158]

Sun yat sen is such a interning person,I can't wait for the third episode in January!

[@s._3560]

There are museums commemorating his life in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and China. He is well respected and remembered by both China and Taiwan.

[@Alex-zs7gw]

Literally gripped by this GOT style - as a Brit I wish we had more history like this taught

[@donatelo111]

dude history is just so great and this story could actually be good movie

[@RufusFisher]

I’ll be honest you guys may never see but I’ve been learning so much out history because of your work and your channel and I’ve had a lot of fun watching thank you

[@em5522]

This man has a life I find greatly entertaining and inspiring but hope to never have to similarly endure.

[@olympusxi8436]

That guy who burned the book gave the ultimate sacrifice. Press F to pay your respects.

[@hungarycountryball1056]

IRATE GAMING F

[@shawnheatherly]

It must have been a horrible experience, but it seems being kidnapped worked out fantastically for his movement.

[@Will-jg2zs]

*that one time I got kidnapped, but everything was ok*

[@nigelmorroll9946]

I always like watching these shows as i always learn something new.

[@robin87z]

If things had turned out different Sun Yat Sen would've been Jamal Khashoggi

[@beruman]

those were the days before you could fly in a torture squad for a day.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Kashoggi was a reporter not a rebel so more sympathetic.

[@benjaminmatheny6683]

A fun thing to note as well. Halliday Macartney in this video is from the same family as the Macartney from the Opium Wars series (that refused to Kowtow and failed to open trade with China).

[@davididiart5934]

I love these latest videos. But seeing ole Abe in your style makes me pine for either a series/special about his life or one on the American Civil War itself. Though I suppose Ken Burns had 10 hour long episodes of that, so it'd be interesting to see how you'd condense it all down to five-to-six 10-minute episodes.

[@theappc9043]

Cantlie!! What a guy that was really went out on a limb there and turned things around!! It was a close one.. 👍👍

[@eyuin5716]

Sun Yat-sen looks kind of like a tanned Clark Gable in your videos. lol

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

I had the same thought!

[@RBJ-cx5fv]

Please make more of these!

[@AquinasAssociate]

OH MY GOD YOU’RE TRENDING

[@DrAdnan]

This was better than a movie

[@ink2476]

8:31 "new creature discovered" yeah, pikachu man

[@the-witch-tako]

The music on this season is great. Like, even greater than usual

[@stefanleo8963]

Just In another Version: housekeeper was a man, firstly he reported Sun asks him to deliver the letter to the Qing ambassador, then helped Sun until Sun gave him 20 quids and promised him 400 more after he escaped. And... Sun really gave him 400 pounds after.

[@FLASK904]

Hey guys, love the channel. I wanted to make a suggestion...You guys have covered the history of a majority of the planet, except one place...India. Now I am bias, however I feel like India gets under covered online with regards to history. I have some cool topic ideas for you guys that are right up your alley. 1. Chanakya's rise to power (probably one of the most influential men in the world, and so few know about him) 2. Mauryan Empire (This could be broken up by Chandragupta or Ashoka, I think Ashoka is cooler) 3. The Mogul conquest and war with the Marathas 4. Shivaji Bhonsle and his fight with the Moguls (This could be in tandem or separate with the one above) 5. The British Divide and Rule conquest of India (This is a little more known since it is part of Western history) 6. Mangal Pandey and the 1857 rebellion (little known in modern times) I chose these because they cover the subcontinent and are little known in today's time (except for Indians) and they each have peculiar twists and turns in them.

[@StevenEveral]

10:01 That's quite an Oddish plant he's watering there...😉

[@maank2146]

Can we just appreciate for a moment how spot on his voice is for the newspaper boy is. Dont know. I just like voices like that.

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

8:32 Someone found a Pikachu?

[@carlose4314]

Your profile pic matches your comment.

[@jonasb104]

10:00 Oddish too😍

[@bigtony4177]

Dammit, these are so bloody good. If only they could be released faster!

[@user-ws9ko1pu1y]

Of the people By the people For the People *EAGLE!* get it? 9:50

[@phalvorantos]

yarrow nice reference

[@lam1991hahaha]

They should do Koxinga for the next Chinese history series, Cheng I Sao’s pirates, the triads both can trace their lineage back to him, and through the triad you got the revolutionaries. It’s all connected.

[@readurasawamonster9782]

#14 on trending. Finally youtube is getting them selves together

[@PoseidonXIII]

I didn't know this was going to be a spy thriller!! Really cool stuff.

[@mongolchiuud8931]

The Queue hairstyle is not traditional Chinese culture. Fun Fact: the Queue(bald head/ponytail style) comes from the Qing Dynasty(1644-1906) who were a non-Chinese foreign dynasty that conquered China in 1644 to 1906 from the area of Manchuria and Eastern Siberia and were a semi nomadic Tungusic hunter gathers known for their cavalry, like the Mongols and Turks.

[@Fairfax40DaysforLife]

This is riveting stuff. I am so happy you guys focus on neglected historical figures like this.

[@honkletsplay1261]

The europeans like their revolutions moderate The french revolution:*laughts*

[@manuel-antoniomonteagudo6547]

One can see a Hong Konger helped make this episode. Such good research! Congratulations!!

[@pastarthur]

I don't why i say this but he look's like jose rizal at the thumbnail..

[@Aloemancer]

Man, Lu Haodong is the real MVP of this episode

[@JayPao]

Wast this one of the major plot points during the Chinese 1999 film "One upon a time in China II?"

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

The movie is a fiction and was inspired from episode 1 of this series.

[@hadassahbranch7529]

Please do one about Vlad Tsepe (the Impaler) and how he differs from his sensational interpretation as Dracula...You're history episodes are fascinating! I downloaded twenty of them...Thanks!

[@ZhoRZh37]

Extra History: Ataturk - pleassssseeeeee! To see how Turkey had one of the most advanced politics and diplomacies in the World and than took a 3000 years step back and became sultanate.

[@tntimothyroditi1576]

they became a sultanate after Ataturk?

[@fandemusique4693]

@@tntimothyroditi1576 look at Erdogan.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

He fell for one of the classic blunders: Never get involved in a land war in Asia

[@rubenjacobo3919]

When are you guys going talk about georgism?

[@joaocoelho1029]

Please do a series about the Thirty Years War in Extra History. It's an awesome story and very much untaked about.

[@speedmags]

1:05 that’s my name kobe

[@gunplarooster4498]

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice" (Napoleon Hill) RIP Lu Haodong

[@zachfox7771]

sun is pronounced kinda like s-uhwi-n or s-oowi-n not just sun or soon

[@raymondwu4242]

S-owen a bit

[@biochemwang2421]

The cartoon is so funny ... and there comes the highlight at 8:53. Solute to this genius series of video!

[@pltkaiser9258]

I’m going to sacrifice 300 goats if you can complete this series with in 2 weeks

[@dusknoir64]

You know, he'd probably have an easier time sneaking around without that pin with his initials on it.

[@gabrielkertesz5521]

10:04 Oddish I choose you

[@LLT8]

Hi I have watched this channel a long time and have decided to make a suggestion. My suggestion is a video about Queen Elizabeth I of England. A lot of interesting stuff happened like being held in capture for most of her teens, single handedly defeating the Spanish Armada and the rivalry between two branches of Christianity