Last updated: October 1, 2009 11:30 am
The People’s Republic of China celebrated its 60th birthday on Thursday with a spectacular military and civilian parade through the centre of a deserted capital Beijing. The display of military power and unabashed patriotism included goose-stepping troops, tanks, artillery, a regiment of intercontinental nuclear-capable ballistic missiles and flyovers by about 150 military aircraft.
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