98th Double 10 Anniversary

Taipei has decided to cancel the anniversary celebration after the recent disastrous typhoon that killed couple of hundred peoples.

Unlike 9 days ago where my family and I were watching the National Parade and fireworks before the TV screen, I decided to take them out to visit Sun Yat Sen Muzium.

The history of Republican China matters more than the New China. From a subject of the Qing Dysnaty to a citizen of the Republic, never mind that it was more conceptual than real, the fact of the matter was the Chinese stepped into an era that demarcated itself from the imperial era.

Little is remembered that the Republican China at the inception was not run by the KMT and the flag hoisted in 1911 was different than what we know today.

Prior to 1949, before the era New China, there were epic historical event like the reawakening of May fourth movement and the heroic 8 years resistance against the Japanese agression and occupation.

Let's salute and pay respect to the many Chinese who gave their life for the Republic, whatever ideology that they may have, and many of them were simply young men and women who just wanted to have a nation free of domination, any form of domination both foreign and domestic, a country of peace, freedom, democracy and development, a Republic everyone owns and no one dominates.