The Chinese people have only family and clan solidarity; they do not have national spirit. Therefore, a swarm of loose sand is used to describe the Chinese people. What is loose sand? It is a heap of sand which has no cohesion. When the Chinese people are compared to a heap of loose sand, it is certainly no compliment.

Father of modern China

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Lecture on the Three Principles of the People, Nationalism, Lecture Four

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1924

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https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sun-yat-sen/1924/01/27.htm

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