(vimeo link)
The People’s Republic of China was founded on October 1st, 1949. To celebrate the 60th anniversary, a three-hour parade was held in Beijing. This video by Dan Chung shows the highlights in both time-lapse and slow motion. -via reddit
(vimeo link)
The People’s Republic of China was founded on October 1st, 1949. To celebrate the 60th anniversary, a three-hour parade was held in Beijing. This video by Dan Chung shows the highlights in both time-lapse and slow motion. -via reddit
Enjoy your celebration, comrades!
it was cool and it made me feel nice.
The opression of the people of China is a terrible thing though and shouldn't be forgotten. Neatorama should have commented on that I think and not just post a video of the parade without a remark.
No world is an island in this global economy of ours.
I didn't express my opinion on China because a. this is not my blog, b. it's not an opinion blog, and 3. if I did, I would be writing all night long.
Visit China before it visits you...
i wonder how many people were in this parade? 10,000+ I would guess.
but as a chinese who grew up in there, i can tell how uncool the parade is. with all that brain-washed zombies doing what they were told acting like they love their own country. it really makes me want to puke. as a citizen the last thing i want to concern is how amazing the military equipments are, how tasteless that red scarf is, and obviously how tacky those godly looking portraits of all those old farts are. . this video is a beautification of what is truly ugly.
damn it patriotism gives me goose bumps.
And if you think this Chinese expression of patriotism is so special- Perhaps take a look at all the patriotistic expressions in endless parades and flagwaving and singings of the National Anthem and the flowing of tears in the United States of America that most of us Europeans at least make stutter in wonder and amazement.
so don't say that China does wrong with this expression if in other parts of the world it isn't much better- There is no Shangri-La on this planet of ours. Everywhere you go, ou will find things that are not entitely good in it's present and in it's past.
China nowadays has become to what it is, for a large part because Western Capitalism has forced it to do so. And that is not from only the last 20 or so years- the entire development of modern China for the last say 140 years, is at Least partly a reaction on how the West and the rest of the world reacted to China. Good or bad- he West is just as guilty if ever you would choose to speak about guilt.
What a lot of us see from both sides is a lot of willy-waving.
capitalism is not the ultimate way to go but it is at least more realistic than communism. it is just more in line with the evil nature of human being. i just happen to be a chinese who has been witnessing the ugliness of my own race with utter honesty. what i see in the parade is makeup for corruption, lies, greed and stupidity.
at least it doesn't have the 'god' motif like we see in the forth of july, oh wait, i think mao is still being looked at as some religious figures somewhere there.
skipweasel: you could almost say that i am standing in your perspective as well, mind you i am no american and i can talk about how annoyed i got by those over-reacting patriots al day.
Also yeah that sorta is something that the US of A likes to do too, so it makes sense Americans might not like to be too critical here. Haha!
"Hello?! Tianamen Square? Remember that?"
Err hello...George Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Iraq War...REMEMBER THAT?
self-righteous american fool
The Chinese people has evolved from 5,000 years of civilization. They have a very strong moral fiber as brought about by the confucian philosophy. They are a peace loving people who will not ever start or even provoke a war or dispute. Read all about your history and you will find out that it is always the other nations who started the problems in China. Even in recent trade wars between the US and China or that of EU and China, you will notice that the reasons behind them are always political in nature - which is to stop China from developing further into what she is now and will be in the future.
Read your histories and be fair. For there is no right or wrong, it was all based on the situation present during that time, thus it could be right then before but wrong from today's point of view.
It is evident that RACIAL DISCRIMINATION is very much alive in the US, so try correcting it before you fire your disgust on China or other countries.
The incident was due to the stupid Americans, now most youth in China don't turst US, different from 20 years ago.
http://elmiradorespagnol.free.fr/china60/
cheers!!
all of us on this planet have the right to choose what we believe in, what kind of way we act.
if you hold up mind-freedom, just let it be, only if they have not violate your interest.