00:00As the father of modern China, Sun Yat-sen, left a profound mark on the country's political development.
00:06160 years after his birth, his legacy is once again in the spotlight in China.
00:11Our correspondent Bruno Falci has more.
00:15Greetings, comrades. I'm reporting from Beijing, where the president Xi Jinping took part today
00:21in a ceremony commemorating the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen,
00:28one of the most important figures of the modern Chinese history.
00:32Sun Yat-sen was one of the leading figures of the 1911 revolution,
00:38which brought an end to the China's last imperial dynasty.
00:42He also became the first provisional president of the Republic of China.
00:48During the ceremony, Xi Jinping said that achieving national reunification
00:53is an unshakable historical mission of the Communist Party of China.
00:59He also reiterated Beijing's commitment to peaceful reunification of Taiwan
01:06under the one-China principle and the policy of one country, two system.
01:11The Chinese president also called on compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait
01:18to oppose separatist force advocating in Taiwan independence
01:24and promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.
01:30These remarks come amid tensions in the Taiwan Strait
01:34and just days ahead of the APEX summit, scheduled for November 18 and 19 in Shenzhen.
01:44A new meeting between Xi Jinping and the United States President Donald Trump
01:49is expected on the occasion.
01:51Meanwhile, China has confirmed that discussions are on the way
01:56on the possibility of a trilateral meeting involving Xi Jinping, Donald Trump
02:02and the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
02:06However, no definitive agreement has been reached
02:09on whether the meeting will take place.
02:12With this information from here,
02:15the capital of China will go back with you in the studios.
