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> To my surprise I found Sun Yat-sen is still revered in China.

He was one of the most important figures that helped to end the Qing Dynasty. Of course he's revered by communists.

But Sun Yat-Sen is the founder of Kuomintang, an adversary to the communist party. He's revered in TW too.

Doesn't that imply legitimacy to the three principles?

He also received aid from the Soviet Union and formed an alliance. The CCP allows downplaying of Kuomintang, and he's not realy that revered in China, often described as extremely corrput and incompetent.

The two parties weren’t antagonistic until after Sun’s death, Sun was an avid socialist even if Chiang Kai Shek wasn’t.

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