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		</div><p>Chinese vice president Wang Qishan will attend the funeral of Britain&#8217;s Queen Elizabeth II as the special representative of Chinese president Xi Jinping, officials have announced.</p>
<p>Mr Wang, who is close to Mr Xi, was a member of the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful, seven-member Politburo Standing Committee from 2012 to 2017.</p>
<p>During those years, he led a crackdown on corruption that has been one of Mr Xi’s signature initiatives as China’s leader.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Queen’s children hold a Vigil beside Her Majesty’s coffin in Westminster Hall, London. <a href="https://t.co/Nch9a1LGUs">pic.twitter.com/Nch9a1LGUs</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href="https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1570855871902806021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Mr Wang was named to the largely ceremonial post of vice president in 2018 and often attends events on Mr Xi’s behalf.</p>
<p>A group of British MPs sanctioned by China have expressed concern that the Chinese government has been invited to the funeral.</p>
<p>They told the BBC the invitation should be rescinded because of human rights abuses in the treatment of the Uighur ethnic group in China’s far-western region of Xinjiang.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Japanese emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are travelling to Britain to pay their respects to the late queen, and to the wider British royal family who are considered as a model for Japan’s monarchy in modern history.</p>
<p>The decision for the emperor and empress to attend the queen’s funeral underlines the importance and the deep bond between the royal families.</p>
<p>Traditionally, a Japanese emperor stays away from funerals except for those of their own parents because of a cultural belief based in the Shinto religion that considers death impure.</p>
<p>Former emperor Akihito, as crown prince, attended the queen’s 1953 coronation and her Diamond Jubilee in 2012. The queen visited Japan in 1975.</p>
<p>Naruhito and Masako’s trip to Britain is their first as the emperor and empress.</p>
<p>The queen’s invitation for them to visit following Naruhito’s 2019 ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne had to be postponed due to the pandemic.</p>
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