 From 1905 to 1908, Phan Boi Chau lived in Japan where he wrote political tracts calling for the liberation of Vietnam from the French colonial regime.After being forced to leave Japan, he moved to China where he was influenced by Sun Yat-Sen.He formed a new group called the Vietnamese Restoration League (Viet Nam Quang Phuc Hoi), modeled after Sun Yat-Sen's republican party.