31.   An earlier, unconfirmed military operations report said the vessels bore Chinese flags and some of the foreign crewmen were injured by the heavy gunfire.

32.   And the red Chinese flag, with its five yellow stars, appeared on the rear of more than one pair of trousers.

33.   Annie Chik, selling buttons with the Chinese flag on behalf of a pro-China party, said she had no problem with the Alliance stall.

34.   And none of that should change when the Union Jack comes down and the red Chinese flag goes up.

35.   As the yacht sailed away with its lights blazing, the Chinese flag was already flying over what had been the nearby British military headquarters just an hour earlier.

36.   As the Chinese flag was raised for the first time, all sounds on the square were drowned out by a five-minute burst of fireworks.

37.   As the Chinese flag was raised for the first time early Tuesday, five minutes of thunderous fireworks filled the skies above the vast square.

38.   Banners, lights, flowers and legions of scarlet Chinese flags adorned the Chinese capital in anticipation of the midnight transfer of power.

39.   Behind the pier, where Chinese and British cried, cheered and hugged the departing leaders, the Chinese flag fluttered over an army barracks.

40.   Beijing was decked out for the festivities with banners, lights, flowers and legions of scarlet Chinese flags.