General News, 1st prize
Hiroshi Nakanishi
Mainichi Shimbun
Mainichi Shimbun
18 September, 1976
Huge crowds on Changan Street and Tiananmen Square pay their last respects to late chairman Mao Tse-Tung. The Liberation Army began parading from Central Station, followed by endless lines of workers and students.
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