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different strokes

Both People First Party (PFP) chairman James Soong Chu-yu nd his Kuomintang counterpart, Lien Chan, wrote calligraphies when they paid respects to Sun Yat-sen, founder of China's republican revolution, at his mausoleum in Nanjing .

But the similarity ended in totally different styles of writing.

Mr Soong penned a five-line piece combining phrases by Communist Party General Secretary President Hu Jintao and Sun.

Mr Lien simply penned four characters literally meaning 'the beautiful mausoleum of Yat-sen'.

Mr Soong's calligraphy was praised by Taiwanese media as professional, but Mr Lien was said to be holding the brush like a ballpoint pen.

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