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1、Flags fly at half-mast to mourn quake dead,China on Monday(May 19)began a three-day national mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed in a powerful earthquake which struck the countrys southwest on May 12.,At 4:58 a.m.,the national flag at the Tiananmen Square in downtown Beijing flew at
2、half-mast after a complete flag-raising ceremony.,President Hu Jintao and other members pay a three-minute silent tribute to victims of the quake in the central government compound of Zhongnanhai in Beijing on Monday,The Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast in front of Xinhuamen,the formal ga
3、te to the Zhongnanhai in Beijing.The State Council,the Cabinet,ordered flags to be flown at half-mast and all public entertainment suspended for three days as the country begins an official mourning period for victims of the earthquake.,The Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast in front of the
4、 Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.Condolence books will be opened at the Foreign Ministry and Chinese embassies and consulates around the world.,The Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast in front of Potala Palace in Lhasa of Tibet Autonomous Region.In front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa,
5、capital of Tibet,residents prostrated while saying prayers for the dead.,The Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast in front of Tsinghua University in Beijing.People are asked to stand in silence for three minutes from 2:28 pm,while automobiles,trains,and ships will sound their horns or sirens.
6、,The Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast in front of the Golden Bauhinia Square in Hong Kong.,The Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast at the Badaling sector of the Great Wall on the outskirts of Beijing.The silent tribute was the first of its kind for citizens killed in a natural dis
7、aster.,The Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast in front of the Chinese consulate general in New York.Chinese diplomatic missions abroad also observed the mourning,some holding the silent tribute simultaneously despite the time difference.,In grave grief,China mourns quake dead!The Quake disaster unites Chinese nation!Where theres life,theres hope!COME ON,CHINA!,
