Chinese Cemetery (Danyor)

The Gilgit Chinese Memorial Cemetery (Urdu), locally known as the China Memorial (Shina, lit. 'Chīn Yadgār'), is a graveyard located in Danyor, Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the capital city of Gilgit across the Gilgit River. The cemetery, established in early 1970, serves as the final resting place of Chinese workers and engineers who died during the construction of the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Pakistan in the 1960s and 1970s. The tombstones placed over the graves contain epitaph inscriptions in Chinese characters. In August 2011, a Chinese delegation consisting of retired People's Liberation Army soldiers, journalists and a relative of a worker visited the cemetery to pay homage to the deceased. The visit was widely publicized in the Chinese media. Prior to their departure for Pakistan, they had also met the Pakistani ambassador to China, Masood Khan, who appreciated their gesture. In April 2013, a ceremony was held at the cemetery in which Chinese and Pakistani officials were present, including the consul of the Chinese embassy in Islamabad, Zhang Lianyou, officials of the China Road and Bridge Corporation, members of the Gilgit–Baltistan Legislative Assembly and Pakistani law enforcement personnel. During the ceremony, tributes were paid to the deceased and a pledge was laid on behalf of the

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