BEIJING (AP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao and
other top leaders attended a lavish state funeral yesterday for eight
Chinese peacekeepers killed in the Haiti earthquake, the single biggest
loss of life in the history of Beijing’s participation in UN missions.
The ceremony at the exclusive Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery was
broadcast live on national television, highlighting the state media’s
portrayal of the eight police officers as martyrs to the cause of world
peace.
Hu, Premier Wen Jiabao, and the seven other members of the ruling
Communist Party’s all-powerful politburo standing committee circled the
flag-draped coffins to the strains of a funeral march before paying
their respects to family members.
They were followed by other leaders and scores of police and military
officers.
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