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Ceremonies were held in multiple Chinese cities Thursday to mark the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, credited with inspiring the revolution that overthrew the Qing dynasty, ending millennia of imperial rule in China, and considered by some as father of the nation. Speaking at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed Mr. Sun as a “great national hero, a great patriot and a great pioneer of China’s democratic revolution.” In the weeks leading up to Thursday’s anniversary, China and Taiwan have been engaged in a war of words over Mr. Sun,…
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