September 13, 2025

China held a solemn burial ceremony in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on Saturday for 30 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), after their remains were returned to China on Friday from South Korea, carried by a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force Y-20 transport aircraft.

Videos from official media showed that the honor guard fired 12 shots, the highest ceremonial salute, to pay tribute to the martyrs at the CPV martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang. The military band played The Song of Remembrance, and under the armed escort of PLA soldiers, the honor guard solemnly escorted the coffins of the martyrs into the site. 

The Chinese national anthem was played to pay tribute to the returning martyrs.

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