Xinhai Revolution

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The Asahi Shimbun
Under a clear autumn sky, the portraits of China's two founding fathers--Sun Yat-sen and Mao Tse-tung--faced each other in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
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On Oct. 10, 1911, a military uprising against China's Qing Dynasty broke out in Wuchang, a city on the bank of the Yangtze River's middle reaches.
Hu calls for peaceful unification with Taiwan
Chinese delegates at a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 9 (AP Photo)
Chinese President Hu Jintao called for the peaceful unification of China and Taiwan at a ceremony on Oct. 9 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution.
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