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China bids farewell to former premier Li Keqiang at Beijing funeral

Mourners laid flowers near a residential building in Hefei city, where Li Keqiang spent his childhood [Ken Moritsugu/AP Photo]

China’s flag was lowered to half-mast in Tiananmen Square on Thursday as former Chinese premier Li Keqiang was laid to rest in Beijing, a week after he died unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 68.

Li was cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, the resting place of prominent government officials and “revolutionary heroes” from China’s recent past.

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