Chinese government workers dressed in traditional costumes take part in a competition of singing patriotic songs in Chengdu in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, Thursday Sept. 17, 2009. (AP Photo)
Workers renovate a statue of China’s late chairman Mao Zedong at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province, September 16, 2009. Statues and monuments around the country are being renovated and updated in preparation for the upcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1. (REUTERS/China Daily)
A man rides a bicycle past the National Unity Poles, which have been named and decorated for October’s 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square September 17, 2009. (REUTERS/Jason Lee)
A Chinese military tank heads towards Tiananmen Square where a rehearsal for China’s 60th anniversary will be held in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Authorities shut down a major part of central Beijing to conduct the rehearsal for the parade. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
A Chinese military tank heads towards Tiananmen Square where a rehearsal for China’s 60th anniversary will be held in Beijing, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. Authorities shut down a major part of central Beijing to conduct the rehearsal for the parade. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)
Participants stand in form in a boulevard leading to Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a rehearsal for the 60th anniversary parade August 29, 2009. (REUTERS/Nir Elias)
Members of China’s Air Force battalion march as they rehearse for the National Day parade in Beijing on September 10, 2009. (LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of China’s first class of women fighter pilots prepares to board her aircraft during a ceremony with new flight gear designed for women, at a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air force base in Beijing on August 30, 2009. The pilots will make their debut during the upcoming National Day Parade. China could launch its first woman into space as early as 2012, the candidate being chosen from this group. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
Policewomen on horseback stand guard in a line outside the World Expo Center, in China’s port city Dalian September 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Jason Lee)
A couple kiss as workers test the lights at the Great Hall of the People at the Tiananmen Square on September 8, 2009 in Beijing, China.
A man gets a haircut featuring Tiananmen Gate at a barbershop, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in Zhengzhou, Henan province September 15, 2009. (REUTERS/Donald Chan)
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