Chinese National Day

Today China turns 60!
China is a land of amazing contrasts. On one hand it is a country with a culture and history that dates back thousands and thousands of years, and yet its present government, the People's Republic of China is only 60 years old!

I've been reading a lot about the country's celebration online and have chosen a couple videos from YouTube that I thought were interesting or enjoyable:

"Today is your birthday" from the CCTV extravaganza Long Live the Motherland - 60 anniversary of the National Day Party


and with a little less reverence, but equally enthusiastic, Chinese truck drivers play "Happy Birthday" on their truck horns to celebrate the forthcoming 60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China.


And some related media...

The Founding of a Republic
The film was made to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party founding of China. The film boasts more than 170 A-list movie stars from China and Hong Kong. Many of the top stars were invited to star as leads, supporting characters, or just cameo in the film, reportedly including some of the top Chinese stars like 'Jackie Chan' and Jet Li, who only have one shot or one line in the film, most of the famous actors took little or no pay for their work – rather, considering it an honor to have just a few brief lines in the film. 



“Guojia” (country) sung by Jackie Chan:
The state-controlled Chinese phone company, China Mobile, has changed all customer’s ring-back tones to this patriotic song for the October 1st holiday.