BEIJING --- China's Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday showcasing the country's economic growth and newest weapons. The nationally televised event opened with a military honor guard carrying the Chinese flag through Tiananmen Square, the country's symbolic political heart, before thousands of spectators who waved flags. Artillery guns fired a salute. President Xi Jinping, wearing a gray Mao jacket, and other Chinese leaders, including former Presidents Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin, watched from atop the Gate of Heavenly Peace at the square's north end. The event marks the anniversary of the Oct. 1, 1949, announcement of the ...
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