![]() To find a discrepancy between Marxism and the problem of livelihood was to find a discrepancy between Marxism and the truth. But to Sun, the Three Principles were sacrosanct. “A few years ago,” Sun told his comrades, “a Marxist scholar studying social issues found discrepancies between the problem of livelihood and Marxism.” His language might seem tame. What they heard instead were the arguments of a man suddenly willing to explicitly repudiate Marx. ![]() So when Sun rose on the second day of the congress to promote his Livelihood Principle - his vision for how China should distribute its resources to provide for all citizens - the CCP members present were justified in expecting a vague, or even vaguely socialist, speech. Sun had expressed doubts about Marx for years but never had gone far enough to alienate the growing ranks of Chinese Communists. But his alliance with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was built on equivocation. ![]() His advocacy for liberal political institutions won him international admiration. Sun’s commitment to national sovereignty earned him political stature in China.
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