Sun Yat-sen Was Kidnapped in London. How Did the World Find Out? | 1896

On Sunday 11 October 1896 Sun Yat-sen was taken into the Chinese Legation on Portland Place, London, and held until 23 October. In Sun's own account, the notes he threw from his window never reached a friend. This is the story, as Sun told it, of the servant, the unsigned letter, the doctor who knocked on every door in London, and the newspaper that finally printed it. Most of the detail comes from Sun's own account, so it is one side of the story. Where other accounts disagree (how he was led inside, who wrote the unsigned letter), the video says so. CHAPTERS 0:00 The Door on Portland Place 0:29 A Wanted Man 2:28 Notes From a Window 4:03 The Man With the Coal 4:39 An Unsigned Letter 6:28 The State Wakes Up 7:47 Half Past Four 8:47 Who Gets the Credit MUSIC Original score made for this video. Found a mistake? Tell us in the comments and we will correct it. #TrueCrime #UK #Mystery