New Party delegation arrives in Nanjing
By Zhan Lisheng in Guangzhou and Song Wenwei in Nanjing (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-08 06:03

The visiting New Party delegation from Taiwan arrived in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, yesterday afternoon, after concluding a visit to Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province.

Yok Mu-ming, chairman of Taiwan's New Party, pays homage in Guangzhou at the Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs?Tombs yesterday morning, honouring the 72 people killed in an abortive uprising to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).  [newsphoto]

At a welcoming ceremony in Nanjing given by Li Yuanchao, secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) Jiangsu Provincial Committee, New Party Chairman Yok Mu-ming said: "We have come to Nanjing because the city gives us Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits many memories of the past."

Nanjing has a prominent position in China's modern history.

It was where Dr Sun Yat-sen, pioneer of China's democratic revolution, founded the Republic of China in 1911 when he led people to overthrow the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911), China's last feudal dynasty.

Following the overthrow, Sun also established the capital there.

"Though we are separated by the Straits geographically, we share the same roots of culture and history which will only grow stronger when we remember history and look to the future," Yok said.

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