China’s 60th anniversary celebrations held at Tiananmen square in Beijing

Largest-ever military parade a symbol of country’s huge population and rapidly expanding might.

Tanks and other heavy weaponry rumbled across Beijing behind goose-stepping troops as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule with its biggest-ever military review.
President Hu Jintao, in a Mao jacket instead of a business suit, rode in an open top Red Flag limousine to review the thousands of China's troops.


Celebrations by numeric numbers.
2 – breaks allowed per day for parade participants
18 – weather-manipulation planes deployed to ensure it doesn't rain
20 – foot high portrait of Chairman Mao hung in Tiananmen Square has been freshly painted
50 – 'all-new' Chinese-made weapons, including radars and ballistic missiles, expected to be on display at the military parade
60 – years since Mao Tse-tung stood atop Tiananmen Gate to declare the founding of the People's Republic of China
60,000 – performers and invited VIPs to attend a night-time party in Tiananmen Square
200,000 – civilian and military marchers who will parade past Hu Jintao and other dignitaries seated in Tiananmen Square
950,000 – volunteers to keep the peace during the National Day celebrations
10,0000,000 – pot-plants and flowers deployed to beautify Beijing

China's 60th Anniversary

China great and first President Mao Zedong

Current China President Hu Jintao

Men in White (Not PAP) Marching Uniformly


Women Militia in Red Marching




Tanks rumble down the Tiananmen square street

China missile launchers

China blue Navy Tanks

Colourful aerial display by their Air Force

Varied cultures and ethnic groups

balloonssssss!!!

US Empire state building lit up the colors of China