Chinese Flag at Half-Mast　

By English Edition Staff
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Published: 2008-05-19

                                                 Photo: Xinhua News Agency

National Mourning for the Quake Victims 
China has begun a three-day national mourning period on May 19 for the tens of thousands of people killed in the devastating earthquake that hit Sichuan province on May 12. Chinese Flags are flying at half-mast to mark the mourning.