Hu praised for respecting Chinese flag
21 Jun 2012 1:15 AM GMT
Chinese President Hu Jintao's patriotic gesture to bend down to pick up his country's flag during a group photo gathering at G-20 summit in Mexico came for praise back home.
Flags of several countries were kept as markers for the leaders to take their positions for the group photo at the end of the summit at Mexican resort city of Los Cabos. Sandwiched between US President Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, Hu was seen bending down and picking up the small flag at the end of event, while Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel who were standing behind the Chinese leaders watched with curiosity.
'After posing for the family photo, all the leaders walked off the stage stepping on the national flags. Only Chinese President Hu Jintao bent down to pick up the Chinese national flag and carefully conserved it,' the ruling Communist Party of China's official mouthpiece People's Daily said.
The Daily's website carried different frames of 70-year-old Hu, also the General Secretary of the ruling Communist party, bending down and picking up the flag.
'This little detail was highly praised by netizens, who expressed their respect to the Chinese president,' it said.
'President Hu preserved the honour of China by his actions, setting a good example for the people,' a netizen said.
Flags of several countries were kept as markers for the leaders to take their positions for the group photo at the end of the summit at Mexican resort city of Los Cabos. Sandwiched between US President Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderon, Hu was seen bending down and picking up the small flag at the end of event, while Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel who were standing behind the Chinese leaders watched with curiosity.
'After posing for the family photo, all the leaders walked off the stage stepping on the national flags. Only Chinese President Hu Jintao bent down to pick up the Chinese national flag and carefully conserved it,' the ruling Communist Party of China's official mouthpiece People's Daily said.
The Daily's website carried different frames of 70-year-old Hu, also the General Secretary of the ruling Communist party, bending down and picking up the flag.
'This little detail was highly praised by netizens, who expressed their respect to the Chinese president,' it said.
'President Hu preserved the honour of China by his actions, setting a good example for the people,' a netizen said.
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