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Happy national day!

Today is China's national day, and we celebrate the foundation of China as we know it today, by Chairman Mao Zhe Dong on October 1st 1949. These days things are going very well in China, so there's good reason to celebrate. Chen Liangyu (picture), the top Communist Party official in Shanghai, has limited reason to celebrate though, as he was sacked earlier this week, on the basis of corruption alegations. This way current president Ju Hintao both asserts his power, and removes a political rival. PS: a friend of me proposed I should add something like "long live the glorious Ju Hintao" to make this politically correct, but I would rather just state that I have no political interest, nor opinion.

More about the case:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2374182,00.html/


祝大家国庆节快乐！

今天是中国的国庆节，1949年10月1日已故主席毛泽东宣布中华人民共和国成立。全国发展一片大好，所以值得庆祝。不过上海市长陈良宇(照片)就没有心情庆祝了，因为这个星期他被炒鱿鱼了！罪名是贪污，所以中央撤了他市委书记的职务。
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