Commemorations were also held in the former UK colony of Hong Kong and Portugal’s former territory of Macao, both of which returned to Chinese sovereignty in the late 1990s.
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00:00China has marked the 75th year of Communist Party rule with relatively low-key commemorations.
00:06The celebration on Tuesday at Tiananmen Square saw an honor guard marching from the entrance
00:12of the sprawling palace that in past centuries was the home of Chinese emperors.
00:17The little festivities and flag-raising ceremony for the anniversary also comes as Beijing
00:23experiences a national slump with economic challenges and security threats lingering.
00:29China is the world's second-largest economy and second-most populous nation.