Xi made the remarks during a ceremony in Beijing marking what China described as the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary leader who overthrew the Qing dynasty and established the ROC in 1912. Taipei [Taiwan], November 12 (ANI): Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Thursday urged Beijing to acknowledge the continued existence of the Republic of China (ROC) and respect Taiwan's democratic system after Chinese President Xi Jinping.