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Soldiers carry the coffins of the eight peacekeeping police officers who died in the Haiti earthquake at the airport in Beijing, China, Jan. 19, 2010. |
The bodies of eight Chinese peacekeeping police officers killed in last week's earthquake in Haiti were returned to Beijing in an emotional homecoming ceremony Tuesday.
Zhou Yongkang, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, joined families and colleagues of the officers, as their coffins were escorted off the China Southern Airlines Boeing 747 at Beijing Capital International Airport.
Frequent weepings broke out among the mourners who all dressed in dark colors and carried banners reading, "Salute the peacekeeping heroes," and "Deep respect for Chinese peacekeeping police officers who died in the Haiti earthquake."
