There's a party going on in China - July 1 is the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the Communist Party of China. I wasn't aware of this, but apparently July 1 is celebrated each year in the country as a national holiday. As we rode on our tour bus, we noticed a whole series of posters along the highways all over Beijing and Shanghai like these three:
According to my ace translator the phrase at the top of each poster goes something like "
warmly celebrating the Chinese Communist party's 90th anniversary." The one in the center focuses on Shanghai (note the Pearl Tower and other distinctive skyscrapers) and says is loosely translated as "Beginning a new drive, and transformative development, using hard work to take Shanghai and build a society founded in modernism and internationalism." My translator assures me this sounds better in Chinese. The final poster includes the phrase "Ten thousand years of life to the Chinese communist party" and features the 56 ethnic minorities in China. China Daily has a complete site for more on the 90th anniversary.
Other new celebrations for the 90th anniversary include the debut of the new Shanghai-Beijing high speed train which will cruise along at 300 kph and the opening of the world's largest sea bridge (26 miles long!). The New York Times also has this video clip about the increasing patriotism in China, particularly in Chongqing:
The times sure are a-changing: I expected military reviews and lines of tanks, but so far I haven't seen any.
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