China: 60 Years of the People’s Republic

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.21.09 | 1:33 PM ET

The People’s Republic of China will celebrate its sixtieth anniversary on October 1. The Big Picture has yet another stellar photo essay of the elaborate preparations for the big day.


Eva Holland is co-editor of World Hum. She is a former associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and a contributor to Vela. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


6 Comments for China: 60 Years of the People’s Republic

Book it now 09.21.09 | 4:50 PM ET

A big party for the big 60 ! Do not know If I can make it on time ;)

China Tour 09.22.09 | 9:57 AM ET

Yes, a big one. Hope something will be very different from the old ones.

hua 09.30.09 | 2:11 PM ET

happy day will be

josh 09.30.09 | 2:12 PM ET

China-Please be cool:)

Luis Lazaro Tijerina 10.01.09 | 2:32 PM ET

Reply To Mao Tse-Tung


Legendary snow leopard
once roamed Chingkang Mountain,
strode mightily
            over the Great Snowy Mountain…
His Long March cradled
          sharpen claws;
          he entered old age,
      swam the Yangtze River
        like a playful boy.
Thunderstorms come; a wilderness of snowflakes
      fall across cities, countryside,
        and nation-states;
An array of pale stars and stripes like a banner
      of pale bones and blood
      attempts to suffocate the world,
But heroes come again
      amid a red sea of stars.


Luis L. Tijerina, October 1st, 2009
Burlington, Vermont

Grace 10.04.09 | 11:14 AM ET

I am very pound of that I am a Chinese.

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