【09.9.30 BBC】Chinese told to watch party on TV

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Chinese told to watch party on TV
By Michael Bristow


Ordinary people are being discouraged from going to see celebrations to mark 60 years of communist rule in China.    Military units have been rehearsing their parade steps
About 30,000 people have been invited to watch the spectacular, but everyone else has been advised by officials to see it on TV to "avoid complications".

Beijing's roads are being blocked off, the international airport will be shut and the subway will be disrupted.

The celebrations on Thursday will include a military parade that will show off unseen missile technology.

Many shops and businesses near the parade route, along Chang'an Avenue, have closed ahead of the event.

"Police suggest that Beijing residents try not to go out on 1 October to avoid complications," the state-run China Daily said.
"The public is recommended to watch the celebrations live on TV."

New Mao portrait

As well as the military parade, tens of thousands of ordinary residents and schoolchildren will also stage their own pageant in Tiananmen Square.

The event is one of the highlights of the year for the Chinese government, and troops have been practising since May.

  
Extra police have been patrolling the streets of the Chinese capital

But there seems little chance of a party atmosphere beyond the main parade route.

The day before the spectacular, there was an eerie silence in some parts of Beijing on what would normally be a busy work day.

Tourist attractions closed down early. A notice on the website of the Forbidden City, the former home of China's emperors, said it would reopen after the National Day celebrations.

Beijing Capital International Airport will be closed for three hours on Thursday.

But China Central Television, the national broadcaster, plans a full day of coverage on the big day.

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