![]() ![]() ![]() (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)īEIJING - Cannons roared, bands played and fighter jets soared overhead as thousands of carefully selected participants gathered in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square Thursday for a ceremony marking the centenary of the ruling Communist Party. Meanwhile, Hong Kong held its own annual commemorations of the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, given added significance by the party centenary and the arrests of political activists and journalists under a sweeping national security law imposed last year. ![]() Artillery roared, bands played and fighter jets soared overhead as thousands gathered in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square for a ceremony marking the centenary of the ruling Communist Party. Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, waves above a large portrait of the late leader Mao Zedong during a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing Thursday, July 1, 2021.
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