Revolution remembered
China Daily | Updated: 2011-10-10 08:00
Aside from traditional holidays, this is one of the few commemorations shared on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.
The 100th anniversary is a suitable occasion to pay tribute to the forefathers of Chinese republicanism, and reflect on the nation's pursuit of and march toward modernity, no matter which side of the Straits one is on.
October 10 is only one of the hundreds of days of uprisings that constituted the Revolution of 1911, which actually extended from March 1910 to January 1912 when the interim government of the newborn Republic of China came into being.
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