In pictures: George H.W. Bush and China

Former United States President George Herbert Walker Bush, his wife Barbara Bush, and Chinese officials on a special train that carried him from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, in south China's Guangdong Province, on October 18, 1985. The 41st president of the United States passed away on Friday night at age 94. Bush had suffered from illness in recent years, and passed away less than eight months after the death of his wife Barbara. [File Photo: IC]