Flag Raising

Yesterday morning, Wednesday, April 14, we went to the famous flag raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square here in Beijing. Every morning at the exact moment of the sunrise, the military ceremoniously raises the Chinese Flag. It was an amazing display of patriotism; there were at least 10,000 people there and as we walked to the Square from our hotel, which was a 30 minute walk, many, many Chinese citizens ran past us to the square to ensure that they were there on time for this daily ritual - that was impressive!