Supplemental pool 2: GHOP arrival

Police and a scattered clumps of spectators lined the fenced-off route. The motorcade passed through an embassy district and turned onto the 2nd ring road. The motorcade turned again to approach Tiananmen Square. Motorists stopped in the other direction recorded on their phones. The crowds of onlookers thickened.

The motorcade crossed Tiananmen, passing Mao’s tomb, and turned into the driveway of the Great Hall of the People around 10:01 a.m. We did not see the president.