A Chinese military officer places flowers next to a coffin before rites of placing the remains of a Chinese soldier in the coffin are conducted at a South Korean Army base in Paju, north of Seoul March 17, 2014. The remains of more than 400 Chinese soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War were placed in coffins on Monday during the rites, ahead of their return to China from South Korea next week for a permanent burial. [Photo/China Daily via Agencies]