Thousands attend funeral service for Mao Anqing

Thousands of people, from State leaders to farmers, gathered yesterday for the funeral of Mao Zedong's second son, Mao Anqing, who died on March 23 at the age of 84.

Mourners, many dressed in military uniform, queued up quietly outside the memorial hall at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in western Beijing to pay their last respects to the last surviving son of Mao Zedong.