Chinese PLA takes over flag-raising duty at Tian'anmen Square on New Year's Day 

The sounding of bugles pierced through the wintry morning silence in the center of Beijing on the first day of 2018.
It also signaled the start of a new daily routine for the Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to raise the national flag at Tian' anmen Square in Beijing. The stately ceremony was previously done by an armed police unit.