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Queen Elizabeth’s death mourned in China as Xi sends condolences to royal family
- Monarch remembered as a witness to turbulent times who experienced the ‘rise and fall’ of UK-China ties
- Social media users recall her new year remarks, elegance and colourful outfits
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As world leaders paid tribute to the passing of Queen Elizabeth, the longest-reigning British monarch, her death is also being mourned in China.
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President Xi Jinping sent deep condolences on Friday to King Charles and the British royal family on the passing of the queen.
Premier Li Keqiang also extended his condolences to British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
The queen died on Thursday at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands after serving for 70 years. Her enduring presence and charisma carried significant symbolic historic and cultural value as well as in maintaining the continuity and sustainability of bilateral ties with China, according to observers.
News of her death dominated headlines in China and became one of the most searched items on Chinese social media.
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State broadcaster CGTN hailed the queen as “one of the most respected world leaders throughout the last three-quarters of a century” and said her death was a “significant loss for a world desperately trying to cling onto the qualities she embodied – stability and continuity”.
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