A flag-raising ceremony takes place at Tiananmen Square in Beijing to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The first rays of dawn spread across the nation as the magnificent five-starred red flag rises to the powerful national anthem. | China Focus

For the first time, China displayed a genuine fabric-made national flag on the moon. The images were taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe before the ascender blasted off from the moon. [Gif courtesy of the Chinese Communist Youth League] For more: http://chinaplus.cri.cn/recommended/1661/587558 | China Plus Culture

25K views · 436 reactions | The first raising of the Canadian flag ever done in Asia. Dominion Day in 1929 in Tokyo, Japan at a Canadian Legation. credit: Library & Archives of Canada | Old Canada Series | Facebook