Chinese President Hu Jintao (L, front), also Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, goes to the embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Beijing to express condolences on the passing away of top DPRK leader Kim Jong Il, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2011. A member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and top legislator Wu Bangguo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Li Changchun, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice President Xi Jinping accompanied Hu to the embassy of the DPRK in Beijing. [Xinhua]

Nationals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in China mourn the death of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Il at the DPRK embassy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2011. [Xinhua]

Nationals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in China mourn the death of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Il at the DPRK embassy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2011. [Xinhua]

Nationals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in China mourn the death of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Il at the DPRK embassy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2011. [Xinhua]

Nationals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in China mourn the death of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Il at the DPRK embassy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2011. [Xinhua]

Nationals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in China mourn the death of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Il at the DPRK embassy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2011. [Xinhua]

Nationals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in China mourn the death of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Il at the DPRK embassy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2011. [Xinhua]