China 60th anniversary of Communist rule biggest celebration in Chinese history
China is preparing to mark 60 years of Communist Party rule this week with the largest celebration the country has ever witnessed.
Millions of Communist Party officials, students and workers are feverishly fine-tuning parades and firework displays on a scale that will dwarf the Beijing Olympics.
Special “parade villages” have been set up at military airfields outside the capital to drill the tens of thousands of marching soldiers, with officers on hand to measure the height of their goose-steps.
Dozens of tanks will roll into Beijing, and more than 50 new types of weapons, including nuclear missiles which can reach the United States and jet fighters made in China, will be on show.
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Millions of Communist Party officials, students and workers are feverishly fine-tuning parades and firework displays on a scale that will dwarf the Beijing Olympics.
Special “parade villages” have been set up at military airfields outside the capital to drill the tens of thousands of marching soldiers, with officers on hand to measure the height of their goose-steps.
Dozens of tanks will roll into Beijing, and more than 50 new types of weapons, including nuclear missiles which can reach the United States and jet fighters made in China, will be on show.
President Hu Jintao will arrive in a newly-commissioned super-stretch limousine, 19 ft-long, to watch over 180,000 people will parade down the capital’s main avenue into Tiananmen Square.
The event on Thursday marks six decades since Chairman Mao solemnly announced the founding of the People’s Republic in front of 300,000 cheering supporters.