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November 12, 1956 was the 90th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great teacher of China's democratic revolution. The Chinese people held huge meetings and conducted other forms of activity in Peking and other great cities to pay tribute to the tremendous contribution he made to the Chinese revolution and to learn from his revolutionary work and experience. This book contains a selection of speeches made at the commemoration meeting held in Peking and of articles published in the newspapers. They give a brief account of Dr. Sun's revolutionary ideas and work and the great influence they have had on the Chinese people. The contributors are: Mao Tse-tung, Soong Ching Ling, Chou En-lai, Lin Po-chu, Li Chi-shen, Ho Hsiang-ning, Wu Yu-chang. A short biography of Dr. Sun Yat-sen is included as an appendix.