Flag is lowered to half-mast at Tian'anmen Square on June 19, 2015 to mourn Qiao Shi, former chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, who died in Beijing on last Sunday. National flags at half-mast will also be seen at the Xinhuamen, the main entrance of Zhongnanhai, Great Hall of the People, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seats of the provincial-level governments, Hong Kong and Macao, border ports as well as overseas embassies and consulates. Qiao, 91, was extolled in a statement from the CPC Central Committee as an excellent Party member, a time-tested and loyal communist soldier, and an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, statesman and leader of the Party and the state. (Photo: China News Service/ Jin Shuo)
