Mainland authorities have issued a response to a proposal from a Taiwan lawmaker's suggestion of removing portraits of Sun Yat-sen from schools and government buildings.

The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou [File Photo: Baidu]

The State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office is describing the proposal by the DPP lawmaker as an "open trick," saying the move is meant to try to sabotage cross-strait peace and stability.

Sun Yat-sen, commonly known on the mainland as Sun Zhongshan, was the head of the 1911 revolution which led to the overthrow of China's dynastic rule.

He's considered by most on both the mainland and Taiwan as the catalyst behind the formation of a modern China.

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