Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin’s body arrives in Beijing

Coffin was earlier driven through Shanghai in choreographed scene contrasting with recent protests

The body of the former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin has arrived in Beijing after being driven through the streets of Shanghai in a highly choreographed scene contrasting sharply with protests this week calling for the removal of the Communist party.

China Central Television in its main evening news broadcast on Thursday showed footage of a hearse carrying Jiang's body through Shanghai, while people dressed in black - likely to have been government employees - lined the streets and bowed their heads in silence.