Today, almost all Chinese have a day off to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Just like most Shanghainese, we stayed indoor to watch the parade on tv.
NY Times called the parade “a precision display of military bravado and a confident prediction by President Hu Jintao that “infinitely bright prospects†lie ahead for the world’s most populous nation.“, or put more directly, a military showoff, which with Twitter in the background became a lot of fun to watch, these were my favorite comments:
- @beijingboyce cctv9 host saying “so the purpose of our military is offensive” [everyone pauses] “defensive”
- @AlexBowman Wow, when the female troops marched past Hu Jintao was smiling and clapping like a schoolboy!
- @AlexBowman the tanks have started rolling, and Beijing pollution started to return to normal levels.
- @chinabuzz: East of here, Kim Jong-Il thinks, “pussies.”
- @chijs: The leaders have to look into the sun to see the planes. They should have changed the position of the sun today as well
- What a sight! I might join the military. 100′s of girls in pink uniforms, high white boots & nice white hats. Kinky!
- Hu Jintao starts to clap for the first time: at the exact time that the beautiful girls in short skirts pass by!
- The naval officers suits are incredibly white. Would be a good commercial for washing powder.
- @lonniehodge: The Macau Float: People looking for their wallets
- @Mycodo It’s like a copy-paste on 200,000 people. Really nice.
I’m still impressed by the girls in pink, have you seen this?
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Picture of TV by Christine Lu