Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội
organization
The Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội (Hán-Nôm: 越南光復會; Vietnamese: [vìət naːm kwaːŋ fùkp hôjˀ], Restoration League of Vietnam or Restoration Society of Vietnam or VNQPH, was a nationalist republican militant revolutionary organization of Vietnam that was active in the 1910s, under the leadership of Phan Bội Châu and Prince Cường Để. Formed in March 1912, its objective was to overthrow French colonial rule in Vietnam and establish a democratic republic. The organization failed to gain momentum, crippled by arrests of its members, then was dissolved to form the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng in 1924.
History
The formation of Quang Phục Hội came after a meeting in March 1912 in the southern Chinese city of Canton. The meeting brought together the remnants of the Duy Tân Hội (Reformation Society) which had been the leading revolutionary organization since the start of the 20th century. It had a monarchist bent, but had lost direction. The new organization was patterned after the Chinese republican Tongmenghui. Its stated aim was to "drive out the French bandits, restore Vietnam, establish a democratic republic".
Democracy vs Monarchy
The group debated whether a democratic republican model or a monarchy should be the objective. Phan cited Rousseau's arguments in advocating a republic, asserting that democracy was becoming a stronger force in China since the 1911 revolution, especially among those Chinese who could assist them.
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