China stopped for hours yesterday to watch the television and witness the clear message that Beijing wanted to send to the world: China has grown and claims its place among the world powers, under the unquestioned leadership of the Communist Party.

The ceremony perfectly organised down to the very last detail:  yesterday morning Beijing’s was threatened by ominous clouds and immediately the sky was bombarded with 432 rockets loaded with silver iodide, which quickly gave a clear blue sky, as had been done for the inauguration of the Olympics a year ago. The cost: about 2 thousand Yuan per skyrocket, a little under one million Yuan (100 thousand euros) in total.

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