EDITORIALS Unhappy 60th in Beijing
Scene from the past-or from the future?
Posted: October 7, 2009 at 3:42 a.m.
WHAT AN impressive picture that was inside Thursday’s paper—on Page 8A. It showed rank upon serried rank of goose-stepping troops in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, formerly Peking. There were also drone missiles and amphibious assault vehicles and the kind of mass formations that the most populous power on Earth can arrange for special occasions, or even ordinary ones.
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Editorial, Pages 18 on 10/07/2009
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