As #China's CCP begins the celebration of its centenary, #Beijing held a celebratory event at the Bird's Nest stadium on Monday, highlighting how the country has rebounded from the #COVID19 pandemic. ndtv.com/world-news/chi…
The extravagant show -- replete with tightly choreographed set-pieces of Communist history, big-screen dedications to key leaders from Mao Zedong to Xi, 100 trumpets and a greeting from a group of Chinese astronauts currently in space -- ...
... omitted uncomfortable chapters of China's turbulent recent history. Those include famine, the purges of the Cultural Revolution and the crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square and pro-democracy rebellion in Hong Kong.
Instead, performers triumphantly punched fists in the air, danced and gave a theatrical retelling of party highlights -- from the foundation of the party in a Shanghai house in 1921 to Mao's Long March.
A special dedication was given to China's "defeat" of Covid-19, with performers in PPE and soldiers wearing masks.
On Tuesday, Xi will award medals to Party faithful and is expected to deliver a speech reinforcing the message that the party he heads represents economic growth and continuity.
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