China celebrated the 60th anniversary of Communist Party rule underlining its emergence as one of the world's great powers with a huge show of its national spirit and military strength. Underneath a bright blue sky, engineered by Beijing's scientists, president Hu Jintao told the crowds in Tiananmen Square that "a socialist China that faces the future is standing tall and firm in the East". Repeating Chairman Mao's speech on the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mr Hu added: "The Chinese people have stood up!"
Underneath a bright blue sky, engineered by Beijing's scientists, president Hu Jintao told the crowds in Tiananmen Square that "a socialist China that faces the future is standing tall and firm in the East".
Repeating Chairman Mao's speech on the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Mr Hu added: "The Chinese people have stood up!"
