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China has seen the big picture very big even for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. This morning a military parade or China did not hesitate to pull out the big artillery or display its power.
With our correspondent in Beijing, Stéphane Lagarde
It's no longer an army, it's a moving train. It's been weeks that military and civilians were preparing this parade. Everything, even in the capture of the sounds of boots, has been regulated in every detail. " 1949 - 2019 ", huge red and gold figures above the stands recall the continuity of a regime that through these festivities self-celebrates its power. In fact, it was Xi Jinping who appeared on the balcony of the Heaven Gate, where Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China 70 years ago.
" No force can shake the foundations of this great nation and prevent us from moving forward, " said Xi Jinping, secretary-general of the Chinese Communist Party and chief of the armed forces. 10 minutes of speech, but a long ride in the limousine Red flag of Mao updated, to salute the military: " Watch out ! Comrades you have worked a lot ! Service to the people ! "
An army of the future
These are the latest technologies of the People's Liberation Army that are presented, hypersonic ballistic missile, stealthy drones resembling huge sea fish. The tanks of the civil parade then present the great inventions of China in front of selected tribunes on the flap frantically shaking the red flag Pyongyang way.
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The more zealous patriots do not hesitate to display the color on their cheeks, their foreheads, their chins. The elders, decorated with heavy medals, do not hesitate to take a selfie among the rosebushes in front of the portrait of Mao. The flower beds of the forbidden city being the only collateral victims of these commemorations