GEOFF RABY.  An Economic Giant With More Brittle Politics Than Ever. AFR 1 October 2019

China’s 70th Anniversary will be a razzle-dazzle extravaganza celebrating the achievements of the Communist Party of China since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949.  The party-state’s propaganda machinery has already been in over-drive extolling the Party’s achievements over the past 70years.  On Tuesday, it will reach its peak with a massive military parade which will out do all others.