China Marks 60th Anniversary

People march past Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday Oct. 1, 2009. Tanks and other heavy weaponry rumbled across Beijing behind goose-stepping troops as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule Thursday with its biggest-ever military review - a symbol of its rapidly expanding global might.

Chinese People's Liberation Army military vehicles drive past the Tiananmen Gate during a military parade marking China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Tanks and other heavy weaponry rumbled across Beijing behind goose-stepping troops as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule Thursday with its biggest-ever military review - a symbol of its rapidly expanding global might.

A painting, showing the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong declaring the founding of People's Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949, moves past Tiananmen Square during a parade celebrating China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

Chinese women march during the military parade to mark the 60th China anniversary in Beijing, Oct. 1, 2009. Tanks and other heavy weaponry rumbled across Beijing behind goose-stepping troops as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule Thursday with its biggest-ever military review.

A portrait of Chinese President Hu Jintao moves past the Tiananmen Gate during a parade celebrating China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

Children wave in Tiananmen Square during a parade marking China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, Thursday Oct. 1, 2009.

A dragon-boat theme float takes part in a parade to mark the 60th China anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

A float takes part in a parade to mark the 60th China anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. Tanks and other heavy weaponry rumbled across Beijing behind goose-stepping troops as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule Thursday with its biggest-ever military review - a symbol of its rapidly expanding global might.

A phalanx carrying China's national flag is inspected in a parade in Beijing celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of China on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

Local residents hold photos of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, right, during a flag-raising ceremony celebrating China's 60th Anniversary in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

Fireworks display near a portrait of Sun Yat-sen on Tiananmen Square to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

Fireworks display over the Great Hall of the People to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.

Fireworks explode over Tiananmen Square during an evening gala celebrating China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.