Late Chinese Leader Li Peng Cremated
Late Chinese leader Li Peng was cremated in Beijing on Monday.
Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji, Han Zheng, Wang Qishan and Jiang Zemin, among others, paid their final respects at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Hu Jintao, who is not in Beijing, sent a wreath to express his condolences.
Li, who died of illness in Beijing on July 22 at the age of 91, had served as a member of the Political Bureau and member of the Secretariat of the 12th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 13th, 14th and 15th central committees of the CPC, premier, and chairman of the ninth National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee.
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Mourners at Zhao Ziyang memorial
SHOTLIST
Beijing - 29 Jan 2005
1. Wide night shot of car and van convoy moving with flashing lights towards Babaoshan cemetery - site of former Communist Party Zhao Ziyang's funeral ceremony
2. Day shots of northwest entrance of Babaoshan cemetery, zoom in to police checking cars entering
3. Police standing at entrance to cemetery
4. Wide of vans entering cemetery after security check
Babaoshan cemetery, Beijing - Recent
5. Sign in Chinese and English at entrance to cemetery reading: Beijing Babaoshan Funeral Parlour
6. People entering cemetery with wreaths
7. Pan right from parking area to funeral hall reserved for Zhao Ziyang's funeral
8. Wide of entrance to hall
9. Entrance doors
Beijing - 29 Jan 2005
10. Zhao supporters marching, one of them holding up Zhao's photograph in front of photographers and cameramen, and having his hand lowered by plain clothes policeman
11. Supporter being led away by civil clothes policeman
12. Supporter holding Zhao's photograph
13. Supporters walking along a busy road
14. Old woman mourning, whaling, being held by other women UPSOUND (Mandarin) Corruption is serious in China and there is no human rights.
15. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Voxpop, woman in blue hat:
We're trying to get help from the government, but no one answers us.
16. Zhao supporters and mourners marching
STORYLINE:
The body of former Chinese Communist party leader Zhao Ziyang was cremated on Saturday in Beijing after a memorial service attended by at least one member of China's current leadership, the government announced.
Earlier, Chinese government barred dissidents and foreign reporters from a memorial for Zhao but about 2,000 mourners were allowed to take part.
The government tightened security along roads leading to the cemetery and drivers without passes and invitations were turned away.
The restrictions highlight the communist government's unease about Zhao's status as a symbol of an era of crushed aspirations for a more democratic system.
The body farewell ceremony began at 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) at Babaoshan Cemetery in western Beijing - the main cemetery for revolutionary heroes.
The memorial - a lower-status event than a state funeral - was closed to foreign reporters.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 friends and family were expected to attend, according to sources close to Zhao's family.
Jia Qinglin, a member of the party's ruling nine-member Standing Committee, attended the memorial service on behalf of the leaders of the central authorities ... to bid farewell to the remains of Comrade Zhao and expressed condolences to his families, Xinhua said.
It said other senior officials also attended, but didn't give details.
Zhao, who died on January 17 at the age of 85, was forced from power in 1989 on charges of splitting the party after clashing with other factions over the protests. He spent his last 15 years under house arrest.
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Funeral held for top Chinese legislator Qiao Shi
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, and other senior leaders attended the funeral of former top legislator Qiao Shi on Friday morning at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in west Beijing. Qiao passed away on June 14 at the age of 91.
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Beijing-Remains Of US Airmen Honoured At Ceremony
At a solemn ceremony at Babaoshan Cemetery in Beijing, U.S. soldiers and diplomats remembered two airmen whose plane crashed into a glacier in the Himalayas in Tibet while helping supply China during World War Two.
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Military delegates
Military arranging boxes on table
Military and other officials standing to attention
Remains in box brought out and placed onto table
Another box brought out
Salute
Briefcase opened and war ammunition relics removed and displayed
on table
Boxes covered in flags being carried away
Boxes into van
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Zhao Ziyang's Widow Passes Away
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Widow of late CCP chief Zhao Ziyang
died in Beijing this week.
Her obituary says she serenely passed away in the company
of her family members who made Buddhist prayers with her.
Her daughter Wang Yannan told our reporter that
after her mother's encounter with Buddhism,
her last wish was to just have a very simple funeral.
Zhao Ziyang's ashes remain at his family's home.
Their children are preparing to bury their parents together
in their final resting place.
Zhao's family recently sent text messages to relatives and
friends, saying that Zhao's wife Liang Boqi passed away
with family members as company while solemnly
making Buddhist prayers, in Beijing Hospital
on the night of Dec. 25, at the ripe age of 95 years old.
Zhao's daughter Wang Yannan told NTD a small mourning hall
has been set up in their home for receiving relatives and friends.
Wang Yannan: Because mother's last wishes were to have
the funeral be as simple as possible, and we respect her wish.
We'll only have a family-style mourning
without a formal funeral service.
She'll directly be cremated, and then we will bring her ashes
back home because my [father's ashes] are also there.
Then we will bury their ashes together.
Because Zhao Ziyang sympathized with the student protesters
during the Democracy Movement in 1989, he was dismissed
from his position as Party Chief by ex-CCP leader
Deng Xiaoping and later put under house arrest until he died.
Hong Kong's Apple Daily reports that after Zhao Ziyang died
in January 2005, CCP authorities prepared to put his ashes
in an area reserved for department and bureau level officials
in Beijing's Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.
Zhao's family thought such an arrangement was
obviously inconsistent with Zhao's identity
and did not agree it.
Zhao's ashes have remained at home until now.
Wang Yannan says her father's ashes have not been buried
until now because a good burial hasn't yet been decided on.
Her siblings hope to bury the parents as soon as possible
but are still negotiating where to bury them.
The obituary issued by Liang Boqi's children
says the mother serenely passed away
in the midst of reciting a Buddhist prayer.
During such a prayer, family members would together pray to
have the person on their deathbed enjoy happiness by merit of
praying to the Buddha and have them go to Buddha's heaven.
Wang Yannan says her mother had encountered Buddhism
in her later years.
Wang Yannan: I don't know [my father's faith], I don't think
he held one. My mother knew of Buddhism.
[The prayers we joined her in] are to cherish best wishes,
praying with her to... some say so she can go to the heaven,
or to have a peaceful future, or various other good wishes.
Wang Yannan says her mother's health was very bad
at the time of her father Zhao Ziyang's death.
Liang Boqi had no idea of Zhao Ziyang's death
even when she died.
Wang Yannan: We couldn't bear to let her receive such a hit.
So this was not told to her.
My mother soon had minor symptoms of dementia.
Later she often forgot things. So we raise the issue.
Yes, we hadn't told her all this time.
However, Zhao Ziyang's secretary Bao Tong told NTD that
when he visited Liang Boqi in 2008,
he sensed that she knew of Zhao's death at heart.
Bao Tong: I think she knew of Zhao Ziyang's death.
She was in a deep sorrow and had no need to talk about it.
So she did not mention it with her children.
When I visited her in 2008, she was still very clearminded.
She remembered who I was and talked to me.
Some particular things she spoke of made me understand that
she knew Zhao's death very early.
From Bao Tong's analysis, Wang Yannan says
she thinks that her parents must be connected at heart.
Wang Yannan: Bao Tong may be right. I think they might
be telepathic with each other, or connected at heart.
After Zhao Ziyang was promoted to being CCP chief, his wife
Liang Boqi reportedly had no Beijing hukou (a registered
residential certificate) despite his family living in Zhongnanhai.
Wang Yannan clarifies this point.
Wang Yannan: She had a hukou. Usually, she may have had
a collective hukou, for governmental department employees.
But afterwards, her certificate ought to have been transferred
to a home address, the local street's administrative unit.
After Zhao Ziyang was ousted,
he was then under house arrest in Zhongnanhai.
Later, he was relocated to No. 6 Fuqiang Hutong and
Dengshikou West street, Beijing.
No. 6 Fuqiang Hutong was then
changed into a military controlled area.
Zhao spent 16 years here under house arrest
until he died on Jan. 17 , 2005.
Bodies of eight Chinese peacekeepers killed in Haiti repatriated
(19 Jan 2010) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of plane carrying bodies of Chinese peacekeepers taxiing at Beijing Airport
2. Wide of people waiting at airport
3. Mid of people holding banner reading: (Mandarin) Salute to the Chinese Peacekeepers who died in the Haiti Earthquake
4. Mid of soldiers carrying coffins, covered by Chinese flag
5. Wide of soldiers holding portraits of Chinese peacekeepers killed in Haiti
6. Mid of grieving families
7. Wide of soldiers
8. Mid of coffin draped in Chinese flag
9. Wide of people bowing during repatriation
10. Various of family holding portrait of relative, soldiers following carrying coffins
11. Wide of soldiers carrying coffins marching
12. Close of coffin covered by flag
13. Wide of soldiers carrying coffins to white minivans
14. Mid of soldiers lifting coffin onto minivan
15. Mid of minivans driving away
16. Wide of minivans driving away
17. Tracking shot of Tiananmen Square with people standing by
18. Tracking shot of people watching buses carrying peacekeepers'' coffins driving away
19. Tracking shot of police holding banner reading: (Mandarin) Commemorate the Chinese Peacekeepers who died in the Haiti Earthquake
STORYLINE
China honoured its United Nations peacekeepers killed in the Haiti earthquake with a solemn repatriation ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday.
Family members holding portraits of the dead led an honour guard carrying the flag-draped coffins to white minivans for the trip to Beijing''s Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.
Representatives of the military, police and paramilitary People''s Armed Police, including some in the uniform and light blue berets of UN peacekeepers, saluted as the convoy pulled away.
Hundreds more stood at attention as it arrived at the cemetery, where leading communists and other honoured citizens are interred.
The eight were formally named revolutionary martyrs in a proclamation issued by the Public Security Ministry, which oversees the police, and the Civil Affairs Ministry.
The honour confers additional financial compensation for their families, as well as assistance with employment and education.
The ceremony''s high profile underscores the importance attached to peacekeeping missions by Beijing, which is taking an increasingly active role in UN affairs accordant with its status as one of five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council.
About 125 Chinese police were in Haiti as part of a nine-thousand strong UN peacekeeping mission seeking to maintain stability in the impoverished, politically volatile nation.
The eight had been in a meeting with the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, when the 7.0-magnitude quake struck a week ago and collapsed the UN''s five-story headquarters building.
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music by Self Sound Orchestra
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China buries 68 soldiers killed in Korean War
China held a ceremony to bury 68 soldiers killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, whose remains were returned to China by South Korea. On Saturday, the caskets were carried into a martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, capital of China's Liaoning Province. Thousands of Chinese soldiers were killed in the war and most of them were buried on the Korean Peninsula.
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Security high ahead of Zhao Ziyang memorial
SHOTLIST
Beijing - 29 Jan 2005
1. Wide night shot zoom in to car and van convoy moving with flashing lights towards Babaoshan cemetery
2. Day shots of northwest entrance of Babaoshan cemetery, zoom in to police checking cars entering
3. Mid shot police standing at entrance to cemetery
4. Wide shot vans enters cemetery after security check
Babaoshan cemetery, Beijing - Recent
5. Sign in Chinese and English at entrance to cemetery reading: Beijing Babaoshan Funeral Parlour
6. Mid shot people entering cemetery with wreaths
7. Wide shot pan from parking area to funeral hall reserved for Zhao Ziyang's funeral
8. Wide shot entrance to hall
9. Mid shot entrance doors
STORYLINE
China barred dissidents and foreign reporters from a memorial for Zhao Ziyang, a former Communist Party leader ousted in 1989 after sympathising with Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protesters, but about 2,000 mourners were allowed to take part.
Motorcades began arriving before dawn on Saturday at the cemetery for Zhao's funeral service in Beijing.
The government tightened security along roads leading to the cemetery and drivers without passes and invitations were turned away.
The restrictions highlight the communist government's unease about Zhao's status as a symbol of an era of crushed aspirations for a more
democratic system.
The body farewell ceremony began at 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) at Babaoshan Cemetery in western Beijing - the main cemetery for revolutionary heroes.
The memorial - a lower-status event than a state funeral - was closed to foreign reporters.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 friends and family were expected to attend, according to sources close to Zhao's family, but no top government leaders
are likely to be there.
Zhao, who died on January 17 at the age of 85, was forced from power in 1989 on charges of splitting the party after clashing with other factions over the protests and spent his last 15 years under house arrest.
It isn't clear how Zhao will be officially remembered.
Relatives have reportedly rejected a proposal to say he made serious mistakes in the official assessment of his life, traditionally read during the
burial.
The family and the Chinese government are also reportedly at odds over Zhao's final resting place.
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China bids farewell to late diplomat trusted by generations of leaders
The funeral of former Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen, who was also the country’s Foreign Minister for a decade, was held on Thursday in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang as well as other senior leaders, including former president Hu Jintao, were in attendance at the service at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Qian died of illness at the age of 90 on May 9. His calm character saw him through many crises, and he was trusted by generations of Chinese leaders. Qian was also the first Chinese diplomat to publish a book, titled “Ten Episodes in China’s Diplomacy,” about behind-the-scenes stories told from his perspective.
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Video Arcade inside Wanda Plaza Mall in Babaoshan, Beijing, China (2009)
Wanda Plaza is China biggest shopping center. It targets wealthy customers. Inside the commercial center, you find many famous brand with a clear focus on .
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Video Arcade inside Wanda Plaza Mall in Babaoshan, Beijing, China (2009)
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Mausoleum of Mao Zedong
The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, commonly known as the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong or the Maosoleum, is the final resting place of Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death in 1976.
Although Mao had wished to be cremated, his body was embalmed and construction of a mausoleum began shortly after his death. This highly popular attraction is located in the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the capital of China. It stands on the previous site of the Gate of China, the southern gate of the Imperial City during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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Zhao Ziyang
Zhao Ziyang was a high-ranking politician in China. He was the third Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1981 to 1982 and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989.
As a senior government official, Zhao was critical of Maoist policies and instrumental in implementing free-market reforms, first in Sichuan, subsequently nationwide. He emerged on the national scene due to support from Deng Xiaoping after the Cultural Revolution. He also sought measures to streamline China's bureaucracy and fight corruption, issues that challenged the Party's legitimacy in the 1980s. Zhao Ziyang was also an advocate of the privatization of state-owned enterprises, the separation of the Party and the state, and general market economic reforms. Many of these views were shared by then-general secretary Hu Yaobang.
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U.S. Journalist Smedley Helps China Fight in WWII by Writing
National Museum of China has kept a printer for over 60 years, which belongs to an American journalist Agnes Smedley, who is known for her devotion to helping Chinese people in their War of Resistance Against Japan.
Smedley rearranged her odd numbers of stories into a book named Chinese Destines, revealing what such a misery Chinese people were living in after she left Germany for China in 1928.
She identified with the ordinary working struggling people. First of the United States, but then India, and she came to China. The rural poor peasant background, which was her own background, a kind of empathy, rather than somebody from more distant background trying to imagine the life of the poor. So she was very unusual that way, said Stephen R. MacKinnon, author of Agnes Semdley.
In January 1937, she was invited to Yan'an of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the then Central Committee of the Communist Party of China located where she met Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai and other senior leaders. She wrote down what she saw and learned with her typewriter in four months. She thus had a more profound understanding of the struggle of the proletariat to strive for freedom and independence. She often invited foreign reporters to Yan'an and told the international community about the new changes that were happening there.
She said I was crushed by China. New thoughts, new work styles and fresh revolutionaries had taken roots in Yan'an. In other words, Yan'an revealed the bright future of 450 million Chinese people, said Wu Jiliang, member of the China International Friends Research Society.
Touched by the poor medical conditions in Yan'an, Smedley turned to the U.S. Red Cross and British Red Cross for help, asking for some assistance of medicine and medical workers. The renowned Canadian doctor Norman Bethune was one of them.
Encouraged by brave Chinese soldiers, she also wrote several books reflecting how Chinese armies, especially the Eighth Route Army and the New Four Army, led by the Chinese Communist Party, fought blood battles with Japanese aggressors.
She saw how the sacrifices of the Chinese common soldiers and they were facing the Japanese troops that had great advantages, so there was huge sacrifices. She very much admired that and tried to write about the fighting spirit of the extremely poor and hungry people, soldiers, said MacKinnon.
She said that she would like her ashes to be kept in Babaoshan Cemetery for Revolutionaries, in western Beijing, before she died of illness in London in 1950.
Chinese leader Zhu De inscribed Grave of Madame Smedley - a Chinese friend and U.S. revolutionary writer.
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Paying homage to my maternal grandfather at the War Heroes' Mausoleum at Babaoshan, Beijing
19.8.2012
Today I went to pay homage to the ashes of my maternal grandfather at the War Heroes' Mausoleum at Babaoshan, Beijing. My grandfather General Wang Yaowu was instrumental in defeating the IJA during WWII.
In remembering my grandfather, we also pay respects to all who fell in the war.