“What are you gonna do today if you don’t watch the parade?” asks today’s Dongguan Times.
Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and from 10am through 12:30pm, a parade of military troops and equipment followed by tens of thousands of civilians streamed through Tiananmen Square as the entire country watched on television.
The country’s newspapers heralded the occasion in style:
Newspaper front pages for October 1, 2009
Tomorrow’s front pages will likely feature images from today’s parade. Stay tuned.