After the state funeral in Washington, Bush's remains was flown back to Houston later on Wednesday to lie in repose at St. Martin's Episcopal Church.
From Wednesday night through early Thursday morning, thousands of Houstonians lined up outside the Church to bid a personal farewell to the late president who called Houston "home" for the past five decades. Around 11,000 people paid their respects.
Julie Mercado and her son waited for more than an hour to board a bus that would take them to the church. "I want to pay my respects to him, a kind and generous man, a role model of society," she said. "It was our privilege to have him here in Houston."
IMPRINT ON U.S.-CHINA TIES
The former president served as head of the U.S. Liaison Office in China between 1974 and 1975, and witnessed and promoted the historic development of U.S.-China relations in the past decades.
"He is a statesman of vision, he'll be remembered for his role in improving the U.S.-China relations," Fred Teng, president of America China Public Affairs Institute, told Xinhua via phone on Wednesday.
Teng said he was very fortunate to have had personal interactions with Bush since he volunteered for the latter's presidential campaign in 1988.
According to Teng, he was very much surprised and moved that Bush and his wife showed up at one of his campaign gatherings running for New York City Council in 1991.
"I'm going to Houston at the end of this month to pay my respect to the president," Teng said.
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