Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday afternoon paid a three-minute silent tribute to victims of the May 12 earthquake in the central government compound of Zhongnanhai in Beijing.
Foreign ambassadors and diplomatic envoys have gone to the Chinese Foreign Ministry to pay their respects to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.
Millions of people in China and overseas observed three minutes silence at 2:28 p.m. Monday to mourn thousands of people killed in an earthquake which hit the nation´s southwest a week ago.
