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Performers dance at a parade for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, today
CHINA marked the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic yesterday with a series of pagaents in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, beginning with a military parade.
Standing on the spot where Mao Zedong proclaimed “the Chinese people have stood up” on October 1 1949, President Xi Jinping said that “no force can shake this great nation or stop us forging ahead.”
The parade featured 15,000 troops and showcased new technology such as hypersonic drones. It was followed by a “lively show,” with performances put on by representatives of a variety of occupations including farmers, doctors, teachers and others.
STEPHEN BELL reports from a delegation that traced the steps of China’s socialist revolution from its first modest meetings to the Red Army’s epic 9,000km battle to create the modern nation that today defies every capitalist assumption
A chance find when clearing out our old office led us to renew a friendship across 5,000 miles and almost nine decades of history, explains ROGER McKENZIE
