Members of a honor guard rehearse before a ceremony to mark Martyrs' Day ahead of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
FILE - Performers take to the stage near a picture of Mao Zedong at the Red Classic restaurant that capitalizes on nostalgia for China's past in Beijing, May 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
FILE - A worker folds a flag near a giant sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag outside the Museum of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing, Nov. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
FILE- Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Attendees gather for a ceremony to mark Martyrs' Day ahead of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Security cameras overlook attendees gathered for a ceremony to mark Martyrs' Day ahead of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)