Via James Fallows here’s a four minute video version of the celebratory parade from Dang CHung and Xiaoli Wang of the Guardian. The first half is largely military while the latter is less regimentalized pageantry.
China's 60th Anniversary national day - timelapse and slow motion - 7D and 5DmkII from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
On a similar note, Dan Drezner has an article on China’s resemblance to late 19th century America. Not in government type obviously, but in being a rising economic and global power with definite sources of internal fragility and some reluctance to provide global public goods. I think it’s a useful quick summary and one worth reading. In terms of defense implications, we were fairly aggressive in that period, although we were primarily focused on weaker powers like Spain. I don’t think this supports the China threat camp at all, but does suggest we should be working to resolve those disputed island chains.
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