China’s Xi Jinping leads Martyr’s Day ceremony amid patriotism drive
The Hindu
Xi, who heads the party and also serves as state president, made no remarks, although Premier Li Keqiang is scheduled to address a reception on Thursday evening.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping paid respects at a solemn commemoration on Thursday for those who died in the struggle to establish Communist Party rule, as he leads a national drive to reinforce patriotism and single-party authority.
Xi and six other members of the party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee led aged veterans and government and military leaders in paying their respects at the Monument to the People’s Heroes in the centre of Tiananmen Square while a military band played.
Xi, who heads the party and also serves as state president, made no remarks, although Premier Li Keqiang is scheduled to address a reception on Thursday evening.

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