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People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

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People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival
People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

People pay tribute to a memorial monument to martyrs in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Xinhua/Bei He)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

An aerial drone photo taken on April 2, 2025 shows students paying tribute to martyrs in front of a monument in Pingdingshan City, central China’s Henan Province. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by He Wuchang/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

Students pay tribute to martyrs at a martyrs’ cemetery in Jiyuan City of central China’s Henan Province, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Duan Erping/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

Students pay tribute to martyrs at a martyrs’ cemetery in Zaozhuang City of east China’s Shandong Province, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Liu Ming/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

People pay tribute to martyrs at a martyrs’ cemetery in Binhai New Area in north China’s Tianjin, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Du Penghui/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

People pay tribute to martyrs at a martyrs’ cemetery in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Yuan Yong/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

People pay tribute to martyrs in Hengyang, central China’s Hunan Province, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Cao Zhengping/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

Students pay tribute to martyrs in front of a monument in Yongzhou City, central China’s Hunan Province, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Jiang Keqing/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

An aerial drone photo taken on April 2, 2025 shows students paying tribute to martyrs at a martyrs’ cemetery in Zunhua City, north China’s Hebei Province. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

People pay tribute to a memorial monument to martyrs in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Xinhua/Bei He)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

Students pay tribute to martyrs in Jiamusi City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Photo by Chen Zhiguo/Xinhua)

People across China pay tribute to martyrs ahead of Qingming Festival

The honor guards pay tribute to a memorial monument to martyrs in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 2, 2025. People across the country attend tomb-sweeping activities to pay tribute to martyrs ahead of the Qingming Festival, which falls on April 4 this year. (Xinhua/Bei He)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20250403/c1c4ed1bdcd34546aec7f968a1f439eb/c.html

Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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