
On Oct. 16, 1949, China's Guard of Honor formed in a haste, wearing the woolen overcoats captured from the Japanese military, welcomed its first foreign guest - Soviet ambassador to China Nikolay Vasilevich Roschin. (Source: Chinadaily.com.cn)

On Oct. 16, 1949, China's Guard of Honor formed in a haste, wearing the woolen overcoats captured from the Japanese military, welcomed its first foreign guest - Soviet ambassador to China Nikolay Vasilevich Roschin. (Source: Chinadaily.com.cn)