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October 14, 2009

In my opinion human development does not need weapons but rather love. 

Being a Chinese I am proud for my country's development after I read the news''China marks 60th birthday with lavish show'', although when it was celebrated I was not in China. It was reported like this: China on Thursday celebrated 60 years of communist rule with a massive military parade and elaborate pageantry on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square showcasing the nation’s revival as a global power.
Thousands of troops marched in tight formations, fighter jets flew over the city and the world’s largest military displayed an array of high-tech weaponry including intercontinental ballistic missiles in a patriotic show of force.
President Hu Jintao extolled the country’s Communist Party-led rebirth in a speech to the invitation-only crowd from Tiananmen gate, where Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic on October 1, 1949.
“The development and progress of the new China over the past 60 years fully proved that only socialism can save China, and only reform and opening up can ensure the development of China, socialism and Marxism,” Hu told the crowd.
China typically holds grand celebrations every 10 years to commemorate Mao’s pronouncement, but authorities promised that this year’s festivities would top those staged in the past - and outdo last year’s Olympic opening ceremony.
The government wants to send a clear message: that China, the world’s third-largest economy and with a population of 1.3 billion, has re-emerged as a proud and undeniable global force.
Hu, in a high-collared Mao-style tunic, underlined this confidence in his speech before a packed Tiananmen Square festooned in the nation’s red and yellow.
“Today a socialist China that faces the future is standing tall and firm in the East,” he declared.
An estimated 200,000 people took part in the lavish morning festivities, which unfolded under clear blue skies.
Flexing its growing muscle, China paraded long-range nuclear missiles capable of striking the heart of the United States and other homegrown weaponry signalling that a nation once bullied by foreign powers is a pushover no more.
The military show was followed by a colourful parade, with tens of thousands of people marching and singing in unison in a display of China’s ability to harness its vast manpower on a massive scale.
Besides goose-stepping troops, squads of pink-clad women “volunteers” dubbed the “iron roses” marched in go-go boots, while thousands of other participants danced around waving flowing fans, pompoms and bouquets of flowers.
National sports heroes such as hurdler Liu Xiang and former Olympic gymnastics champion Li Ning rode on one of a series of brightly decorated floats lauding the country’s achievements over six decades.
Giant portraits of leaders from Mao to Hu were paraded past the square, which was filled with 80,000 children flipping hand-held cards spelling out messages such as “Socialism is Good” and “Long Live China.”
Despite the burst of pride, official insecurity has also been on clear display - authorities have imposed draconian security in a bid to prevent an array of perceived threats from spoiling the party.
These include tension in ethnic minority regions such as Xinjiang and Tibet, and widespread social discontent over a widening wealth gap, official corruption and environmental degradation.
As a result, most of Beijing’s 17 million citizens were relegated to watching the pageant in their hometown on television like the rest of China.
Lu Haishi, 23, travelled all the way from Shanghai to watch the festivities with friends - on TV.
“We’ve rented a room to see the parade on television in a hotel near the route, to get the atmosphere,” he said.
The show ended around midday but authorities kept central Beijing shut down ahead of another mass performance at the square in the evening punctuated by what state media has said will be the world’s biggest fireworks display.
The Mao-led 1949 communist takeover ended years of foreign domination and war, while three decades of economic reforms initiated by late leader Deng Xiaoping enriched China and propelled it back into the ranks of world powers.
State media had said aircraft could release cloud-dispersal chemicals to prevent rain spoiling the festivities - and skies were clear for the parade after light rain the night before.
It was not immediately clear if the fine weather was man-made, but state media reported last year that authorities induced rain to wring out the clouds in the run-up to the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics.

While I was contented my country's powerful developing situation I had a reflection  about nuclear weapons which I think many people also wanted to.Why the US president Obama wants to discuss ways to reduce nuclear weapons? I think the superpower of the weapon can enough to destroy the world if two countries use it in a war, that means the world will end. If it is like that where is the position of love?

I think if  each country does not have weapon for war  the world will have peace and love as one family. Can it be? Does love need a gun?

06:37 AM Oct 15 2009

joseph zhang
China

I think that love comes from the inner attitude through outside the reaction to be done.

09:00 AM Oct 14 2009

SaLaS

SaLaS
Oman

well it's so long topic ! but i'll give u my opinion fo the just tittle :)

 

Luv need just flowers and understanding eachother 2 be countinue  as i guess

coz i didnt luv some1 before !! tell me if u have nice lessons abou luv i would like 2 know :)

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