China held a grand ceremony to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1911 Revolution, which terminated 2,000 years of imperial rule, on Sunday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Historic preservationist Liu Weicai passed away in late August, marking the end of his six-decade-long dedication to the mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the revered revolutionary leader who played a pivotal role in overthrowing imperial rule in China.
Like many other cities with large Chinese communities, Singapore is commemorating the centenary of the 1911 Revolution. After all, the island served as the Southeast Asian headquarters of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary movement, Tongmenghui.
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Zhongshan Warship Museum
To mark the centenary of the Xinhai Revolution, Zhongshan Warship Museum opens to the public on Sept.26 in Wuhan city.
1911 Revolution Museum
In the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the revolution began, a new museum, the 1911 Revolution Museum, will be opened on the eve of the centenary.
Nanjing Presidential Palace
The Presidential Palace in Nanjing housed the Office of the President of the Republic of China before the republic relocated to Taiwan in 1949.
Chinese democratic revolution forerunner and first president of the Republic of China Sun Yat-sen was born to a poor family in Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province on November 12, 1866.
Mao Tse-tung: It (Xinhai Revolution)was only with Dr. Sun Yat-sen that a more or less clearly defined bourgeois-democratic revolution began.
Deng Xiaoping: For almost a century after that war, high-minded persons, including Dr. Sun Yat-sen, tried to find ways to save China.
Jiang Zemin: It (Xinhai Revolution) failed to change the social nature of old China, but it opened the sluice-gates for progress in China.
Hu Jintao: It (Xinhai Revolution) initiated the modern national democratic revolution in its real sense and opened the gate for China's progress.
