Development in China also inspired Vietnamese nationalists. In 1911, the long established monarchy in China was overthrown by a popular movement under Sun Yet-Sen, and a republic was set up.
Inspired by these developments, Vietnamese students organised the Association for the Restoration of Vietnam. Now the nature of anti-French independence movement changed.
The objective was no longer to set up a constitutional monarchy but a democratic republic. So the anti-imperialist movement in Vietnam came under a new type of leadership with Chinese inspiration.