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Friday, October 22, 1999 Published at 15:45 GMT 16:45 UK

UK Politics

In pictures: Chinese president's visit to Britain

Day one
Day two
Day three
Day four

DAY ONE: The official welcome for the Chinese president was the occasion for a full-scale display of British pomp and pageantry. But human rights protesters complained they had not been allowed to express their views.

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The Queen and Prince Phillip welcomed President Jiang Zemin and his wife Wang Yeping to London.

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Prime Minister Tony Blair also joined the ceremony - he will dine with the Chinese head of state at a banquet on Tuesday evening.

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Two protesters were arrested during the welcoming ceremony on The Mall in central London after they attempted to raise concerns about Tibet.

DAY TWO: Chinese President Jiang Zemin travelled along the Thames by barge and visited the Millennium Dome and the Greenwich Observatory on the second day of his UK visit. Protesters followed him throughout.

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Protesters were kept well away in the morning when the president visited the Greenwich observatory, home to Greenwich Mean Time.

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The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, accompanied President Jiang throughout the day.

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The Free Tibet Campaign got the chance to make their point on Wednesday.

DAY THREE: President Jiang spent Thursday morning in talks with leaders of the UK's opposition parties. He had lunch with the prime minister, Rupert Murdoch and the departing BBC director general and opened an exhibition of Chinese treasures at the British Museum with the Queen in the afternoon.

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Tony Blair and Jiang Zemin pose for pictures outside the prime minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street.

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The Queen meets media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his Chinese-born wife Wendi at an exhibition of Chinese treasures at the British Museum.

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The Queen and President Jiang Zemin share a toast at a state banquet at the Chinese Embassy held in honour of Her Majesty.

DAY FOUR: President Jiang left London on the final day of his trip and visited Cambridge. But Prince Charles decision not to attend a banquet the previous evening and more heavy-handed policing overshadowed the outing.

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President Jiang adds his signature to those of many other heads of state in the Golden Book at Cambridge University.

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Police cleared away demonstrators shortly before the Chinese president arrived at the famous university.

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The president waves goodbye.

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