Local residents hold photos of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, right, during a flag raising ceremony celebrating China's 60th Anniversary in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. China celebrated its rise to a world power over 60 years of Communist rule Thursday, staging its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with over a hundred thousand marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism - and some unease. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT. AP Photo logo AP Photo 28 months ago

Local residents hold photos of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, left, and Zhou Enlai, right, during a flag raising ceremony celebrating China's 60th Anniversary in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. China celebrated its rise to a world power over 60 years of Communist rule Thursday, staging its biggest-ever parade of military hardware with over a hundred thousand marching masses in a display that stirred patriotism - and some unease. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT.

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