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...Four party names later, yes. That does not even remotely men that they were associated with the Progressives. Not that that Progressive party was progressive, mind.

The KMT came into power a decade after the revolution, and only in part of China. Not a comparison. It was various republican groups, of which the KMT was one, that did it first.

If you have the constitutionalists be the ones in charge to start, instead of the republicans, he would be one of the bunch on the fence.

No, they really could not. The more conservative members held basically the same views as them, besides the one. And that is one big stumbling block.

They did overthrow the Qing with the other Republican groups otl, of which the KMT was only one.