State-run China Central Television (CCTV) showed eighteen honorary guards solemnly carrying nine flower wreaths and laying them on the north-side of the Monument to the People's Heroes in the centre of the square which faces the Forbidden City and the portrait of former chairman Mao Zedong that hangs on its gate.
President Hu Jintao walked forward to adjust the ribbons hanging on the wreaths before he, Premier Wen Jiabao and other Standing Committee members paid their respects by walking past the wreaths. They were then followed by others present at the ceremony, amongst them representatives from the People's Liberation Army and people representing China's 56 ethnic minorities wearing traditional costumes.
The events took place under hazy skies with the US Embassy's air monitoring station registering the air quality as hazardous for much of the day.
tvnewswatch, London, UK
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