If you thought Beijing’s 2008 Olympics was impressive, get ready for October 1. In less than three weeks, China will be celebrating its National Day, marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China. Since May, thousands of performers have practiced eight hours a day, marching through rain or shine, to perfect each crisply synchronized step.
Officials have actually quartered off their A-list performers at a rural outskirt of Beijing so that they can properly focus on their daily drills, and the troops have not been let off the base once! Talk about dedication.
As Senior Colonel Guo Zhigang, deputy head of the training camp, said, “No matter from which angle you look, there should always be uniformity, so that the formation looks like a steel panel.”
Steel panel indeed.
Suzie
P.S. Thanks to my brother (and Beijing connection) for this link!
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