There will be 100,000 participants in China's 70th anniversary military parade with planes and weapons, but will we see China's long-range DF-41 ICBM?
They were not there to brag. But when three Chinese military officials laid out plans Tuesday for China’s super-sized 70th anniversary parade to be held next week, they couldn’t help sounding a teensy bit smug.
And for the first time, there will even be two Chinese female generals marching in step. In short, it will be the biggest Chinese military parade ever held.“We believe you will not be disappointed,” said Maj. Gen. Tan Min, deputy chief of staff of the Central Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army, unable to suppress a proud smile.
“The message is to uphold the absolute command of the party and to show unwavering loyalty and willingness to defend the leadership,” he said. This obsession with perfection may well produce a dazzling parade, but it has put out some Beijingers, notably Hu Xijin, the editor of the Communist Party-owned Global Times, one of China’s best known tweeters, although Twitter, Facebook and other Western social media and media sites are banned under China’s strict censorship laws. Those who access such sites usually use a virtual private network, illegal in China – but most Chinese see only what censors allow.
Some 60,000 civilians will take part and the total number involved in the parade is 100,000, according to the Global Times. People have been practicing since July. One participant told the newspaper that he had recently been practicing all night.
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