Reuters: Tears as China's military extravaganza stirs patriotic passion
BEIJING (Reuters) - Amid the roar of tanks rolling through a residential street in central Beijing at midday, 31-year-old Li Meiping cried tears of joy.
“So handsome, so handsome ... we love you, Beijing loves you,” she said, holding both thumbs up to soldiers as they waved to the crowd from behind long black guns anchored to each tank.
As China’s National Day military parade extravaganza wound up on Tuesday, thousands of people who were unable to see the actual parade because of tight security restrictions lined the streets behind steel barricades to watch phalanxes of tanks and armored vehicles pass on their way out of the capital.
The parade, which included some 15,000 troops, cutting-edge military hardware and a flyover by dozens of jets, is a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist Party-ruled China and is the most important event in the country’s 2019 calendar.
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WNU editor: I will be posting later today on the military hardware that was showcased in this massive parade. The first thing I noticed .... Beijing still has a problem with smog.
