BEIJING - At 2:28 this afternoon, China crossed a new threshold in national unity. Here in the capital and elsewhere across this vast nation, horns blared and sirens wailed for three minutes to mark exactly one week since the massive... ...full story at Zhongnanhai
from Zhongnanhai on Mon, May 19 2008
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Nationwide Mourning in Beijing »
YouTube video Mon 19 May,2.28pm - 3 minutes silence in Beijing to pay respects to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. Cars stopped on the 3rd ring road and blared their horns for 3 minutes, as drivers got out of their cars, to mark the moment that the disaster... |
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