Fellow citizens, above yur national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions!

It amazes me that so many countries use different colours to represent the sadness of a loved one passing.

Only when the lawyer who had shared the cell with him was released did the traumatised parents finally know of their son's whereabouts, just two days before his own release.

And we have heard it from every grieving family we have met here, "Your work is hard, you are suffering to come here to see us."

As one world, we grieved with you over the tragic earthquake in Sichuan Province. We were moved by the great courage and solidarity of the Chinese people.