How did Sun Yat-sen propose that people could control their government?

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Sun Yat-sen proposed that the Chinese people could exercise control over their government through the principle of minquan, or "rights of the people" (often translated as democracy).1

To achieve this, he advocated for the implementation of four specific political devices:
* Election: Allowing citizens to choose their representatives.1
* Initiative: Enabling the public to propose new legislation.1
* Referendum: Providing a mechanism for citizens to vote directly on laws.1
* Recall: Granting the power to remove elected officials from office.1

These mechanisms were central to his Three Principles of the People, which served as the ideological foundation for his political program and the Nationalist Party.1