BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Early on Thursday morning, amid the drizzling autumn rain, more than 90,000 people gathered at Tian'anmen Square in downtown Beijing waiting for the solemn national flag-raising ceremony.
As the five-star red flag was hoisted to the top of the flagpole, accompanied by the national anthem, "The March of the Volunteers," the crowd burst into cheers of "Long live the People's Republic of China!" and "May the great motherland be prosperous and strong!"
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