Do all tour groups in Beijing have to get up early to watch the flag raising?

Well, most of the group tours will go to famous local attractions. The flag-raising ceremony in front of Tiananmen Square is a famous landscape, so it is usually there. If you don't want to see it, you can also discuss it with the tour guide. You may be asked to stay in the hotel until they come back. As for free travel, if you can plan a good route and have sufficient conditions, you can also consider it, and you can decide according to your own mood. Well, most of the group tours will go to famous local attractions. The flag-raising ceremony in front of Tiananmen Square is a famous landscape, so it is usually there. If you don't want to see it, you can also discuss it with the tour guide. You may be asked to stay in the hotel until they come back. As for free travel, if you can plan a good route and have sufficient conditions, you can also consider it, and you can decide according to your own mood. Well, most of the group tours will go to famous local attractions. The flag-raising ceremony in front of Tiananmen Square is a famous landscape, so it is usually there. If you don't want to see it, you can also discuss it with the tour guide. You may be asked to stay in the hotel until they come back. As for free travel, if you can plan a good route and have sufficient conditions, you can also consider it, and you can decide according to your own mood. Well, most of the group tours will go to famous local attractions. The flag-raising ceremony in front of Tiananmen Square is a famous landscape, so it is usually there. If you don't want to see it, you can also discuss it with the tour guide. You may be asked to stay in the hotel until they come back. As for free travel, if you can plan a good route and have sufficient conditions, you can also consider it, and you can decide according to your own mood.