Lincoln inspired Sun Yat-sen's political philosophy: president

The United States played an important role in  influencing the founding father of the Republic of China and his  political ideals, President Ma Ying-jeou said in a speech Monday at  the opening of an exhibition to celebrate both U.S. Independence Day  and the ROC's centenary.  

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