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People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are commemorating the 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth through various events, calling for concerted efforts to achieve the reunification and rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Cross-Strait scholars have criticized the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in Taiwan for playing down Sun's legacy and pursuing policies aimed at removing Chinese cultural elements and weakening historical ties with the Chinese mainland.
Sun, who was born on Nov 12, 1866, and died in 1925, is widely regarded by the Chinese people as a great pioneer of China's democratic revolution for his leading role in the 1911 Revolution, which put an end to more than 2,000 years of imperial rule in China.
Sun's legacy serves as an important bridge connecting people across the Strait.
During his life, he visited Taiwan three times, in 1900, 1913 and 1918, when the island was under Japanese colonial occupation. His ideas inspired many local young patriots, some of whom traveled to the mainland to take part in revolutionary activities, while others organized anti-Japanese resistance on the island.
