People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers take part in the rehearsal of a show at a training base on the outskirts of Beijing September 29, 2009. They will perform on October 1 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Picture taken September 29, 2009. REUTERS/China Daily (CHINA ANNIVERSARY MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY SOCIETY) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
Women members of the militia, a civilian reserve force under China's military, march past Tiananmen Square during a military parade marking China's 60th anniversary in Beijing, China, Thursday Oct. 1, 2009. China's rise to a world power under communist rule gets an exuberant celebration Thursday with its biggest parade of military hardware and hundreds of thousands marching masses in a display that's stirring patriotism and some unease at the pomp and firepower
