November 11-13, 2011 on the basis of the State University. Sun Yat-sen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) hosted the international conference "Unfinished Revolution: Revisiting the Ideological Legacy of Sun Yat-sen and his era", which was one of the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of China, founded on January 1, 1912 on the ruins of the Chinese empire. This event could have been lost in a long series of other anniversary events, if not for its purely scientific nature, impressive scale, solid composition of participants, a wide range and acute statement of the problems discussed. Within three days, about 66 scientists from 12 countries, including Russia, presented their reports in 13 sections in two working languages-English and Chinese. Traditionally, each report was accompanied by feedback from the official opponent and was open to questions and discussions. The unorthodox, non-trivial and open nature of the conference was reflected in its title and official program, which opened with a statement of acute questions about the legitimacy of the Xinhai revolution, the revision of its results and the ideas of Sun Yat-sen. These questions became the leitmotif of the entire academic meeting and were regularly discussed in the following sections: "Reinterpretation of the 1911 Revolution"; "New Approaches to Asian Values"; "Cross-cultural Dialogue"; "Legacy of the principle of democracy"; "Legacy of the principle of nationalism"; "Legacy of the principle of national welfare"; "State-building and cultural identity"; "Conflicts and dialogues between cultures"; "Nationalism and Community Politics"; "The Principle of Democracy and political Transition I"; "The Principle of Democracy and political transition P"; "The Principle of People's Welfare and Justice"; "Taiwan Strait relations and trade and Economic development". On 12 and 13 November, the section reports were supplemented by two plenary reports: "Freedom and Diversity" and "Flight of Fancy: Dr. Sun Yat-sen' ... Read more