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President Hu speaks highly of 1911 Revolution The 1911 Revolution was "a thoroughly modern, national and democratic revolution" which had shook the world and ushered in unprecedented social changes in China, according to Chinese President Hu Jintao.
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China commemorates centenary of end to imperial rule 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.
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Sun Yat-sen: Pioneer of Revolution in Modern China Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 - 12 March 1925) was a Han Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation". Sun played an instrumental role in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty during the Xinhai Revolution. |
The Revolution of 1911, a bourgeois-democratic revolution led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, ended the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The monarchical system that had been in place in China for more than 2,000 years was discarded with the founding of the provisional government of the Republic of China. | ||
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Centennial commemorations of 1911 Revolution: family and marriage change "Getting married by parents' order and on the matchmaker's words" was held as the marriage rule for thousands of years. However, this rule started to fall apart since the 1911 Revolution, or the Xinhai Revolution. It not only put an end to the monarchy of China, but also greatly promoted democracy and other western ideologies among the Chinese people, thereby contributing much to the country's transition from an inanimate feudal society towards a modern, open one. |
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| The undated file photo shows Chinese women with bound feet in late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The women with bound feet were considered beautiful for hundreds of years in the old times. | The file photo taken on Sept. 10, 1917 shows Dr. Sun Yat-Sen (R) and his wife Soong Ching Ling in Guangzhou, capital of China's Guangdong Province. | ||
