China welcomes martyrs with full honors

By Global Times

Oct 03, 2020 12:11 am

BEIJING: Transported via China’s domestically developed strategic cargo plane Y-20, the remains of 117 Chinese soldiers killed in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) returned home on Sunday, reflecting the country’s unprecedented respect for its martyrs.

GRIEF Xi Jinping and other leaders of the Communist Party of China and the state — including Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan — join representatives from various walks of life in a ceremony to present flower baskets to deceased national heroes at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, on Sept. 30, 2020. XINHUA PHOTO

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