On the second day of his visit to China, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) called for both sides of the Taiwan Strait to answer Sun Yat-sen's (孫中山) will, expressed 80 years, ago for "peace, striving and saving China."
Lien, the first KMT chairman to visit Sun's mausoleum in Nanjing in nearly 60 years, said yesterday that at this crucial juncture in history when Taiwan and China remain in political deadlock, people from across the Strait should follow Sun's will by "grasping the moment to create a brighter future for the Chinese people."
Addressing thousands of spectators at the Chuangshan Mausoleum, Lien urged people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to follow the Sun's will by "enabling Taiwan to become a society of equal wealth and allowing the mainland to continue to flourish economically."
Lien said that it is of special significance for him to lay a wreath at Sun's tomb this year as it marks the 80th anniversary of Sun's death and the 60th anniversary of the end of Chinese fighting against the Japanese invasion.
Escorted by police cars, Lien was driven to Sun's mausoleum outside Nanjing and was greeted by wellwishers whereever he went.
Yelling "Welcome Mr. Lien, Chairman Lien", they clapped and reached out to shake his hand.
The warm welcome was marred by a small protest when several men tried to unfurl a banner reading "CCP [Chinese Communist Party] is lawless."
They were bundled to the ground by guards, according to a French Press Agency reports. It was not clear what happened to them.
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