Sun's Hong Kong story

Although the story of Bodyguards and Assassins ( 十月围城) is fictional, Dr Sun Yat-sen did have profound connections with Hong Kong.

Sun was baptized by the Congregational Church during his first visit to Hong Kong in 1883. During his days at college, he often attended sermons at the nearby To Tsai Church, the first Chinese-run church in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is also the place where Sun completed his secondary and college education. He qualified as a doctor here and was strongly affected by Western medicine and democratic doctrines. In the city he also made friends with many people who later became his comrades for the revolutionary cause, such as Chen Shaobai, You Lie and Yang Heling. Sun later made active use of everything that Hong Kong offered to advance the revolutionary movement.