NDTV/AFP: China To Mark 70th Anniversary With Massive Military Parade In Beijing
The anniversary is meant to showcase China's extraordinary rise from the ravages of war and famine to a modern, powerful nation state.
Beijing: China marks 70 years of Communist rule next week, with a massive military parade in Beijing anchoring celebrations of its emergence as a global superpower, despite a damaging year of trade tensions with the US and pro-democracy unrest in Hong Kong.
The anniversary is meant to showcase China's extraordinary rise from the ravages of war and famine to a modern, powerful nation state whose economic and military muscle is viewed by many with increasing concern.
This stunning transformation radically altered the social and physical landscape as hundreds of millions of rural Chinese poured into booming cities to power the "factory of the world" into the globe's second largest economy.
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It appears Chinese are really excited about the new Beijing airport.
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