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Article: China: No longer 'rising'.(NATION)(WORLD WATCH)(Column)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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Byline: John J. Tkacik, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Beijing's 60th National Day celebrations last week featured a Springtime for Mao battalion of high-stepping, 5-foot-11 female army recruits decked out in hot magenta miniskirts, white boots and petite submachine guns.
But that did not necessarily mean the event's organizers had a Mel Brooks sense of humor. The rest of the People's Liberation Army parade, in ironic procession down Beijing's Avenue of Eternal Peace, featured a solemn march of advanced military equipment - 52 brand-new weapons systems ranging from airborne combat vehicles to colossal intercontinental ballistic missiles on mobile ...