China Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Bloody Communist Takeover
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oct. 1: China staged its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with over 100,000 marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism, and some unease. (AP)
Oct. 1: Chinese People's Liberation Army missile carrier trucks drive past the Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking China's 60th anniversary in Beijing. (AP)
Oct. 1: Chinese military jets fly over Tiananmen Square during a military parade to mark the 60th China anniversary in Beijing. (AP2009)
The military parade marking China's 60th anniversary seemed to follow on the stunning opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics a year ago. A gala and fireworks were planned late Thursday for Tiananmen Square. (AP)
China's 60th anniversary parade was precisely choreographed, and the two-and-half-hour event hewed closely to tradition. (AP)
The elaborate ceremony for the founding of the People's Republic unfolded on national television but behind tight security that excluded ordinary people from getting near the parade route through <a style=" padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none! important; padding-bottom: 1px; border-bottom: darkgreen 1px dotted; font-size: 100%! important; background-color: transparent! important; padding-left: 0px; color: darkgreen! important; background-image: none; font-weight: normal! important; padding-right: 0px;" href="#" target="_blank" class="iAs" itxtdid="13331726">Tiananmen Square</a>. (AP)
Oct. 1: A parade of kitschy floats, flanked by more than 100,000 people, lauded the communist revolution and the Beijing Olympics. (AP2009)
A parade of kitschy floats, flanked by more than 100,000 people, lauded the communist revolution and the Beijing Olympics. (AP)