The ashes of 19 officers and soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in World War II are escorted to a national martyr cemetery in Tengchong county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Sept 13, 2011. The 19 officers and soldiers representing those who died in battle in the Myitkyina areas, Hsipaw and Lashio, finally returned to their motherland almost 70 years later. About 60,000 soldiers' remains of the Chinese Expeditionary Force are still left in Myanmar, according to a report from China News Service. [Photo/CFP]
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