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Chinese president bids farewell to former senior military officer

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Chinese president bids farewell to former senior military officer

* Source: Xinhua
* [21:42 March 31 2010]
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A funeral for Zhang Tingfa, former commander of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, was held at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing on Wednesday.

Chinese President Hu Jintao and other senior Chinese leaders, including Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang, attended to pay their final respects to Zhang.

Zhang died of illness in Beijing on March 25 at the age of 92.

Zhang was appointed air force major general in 1955 and had served as the political commissar and the commander of the Air Force.

Zhang was regarded as an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a loyal Communist fighter, a proletarian revolutionary and an eminent military leader.
 

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