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spn "On June 9, 1938, it had been two months since I came to China.

Through what I have experienced in these two months, I, who had just left the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, proved that my new choice was correct, and I realized that this trip to China would bring me an unforgettable experience.

I have met many Chinese people. Most of them are kind and civilized. While they are full of curiosity about me, a white-skinned foreigner, they do not have the awe of yellow people towards white people that was often mentioned in newspapers in the past.

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Oh, damn, I'm not a racist.

When I landed from Hong Kong on the Sino-US ocean liner Yuanwang of China Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. after more than ten days of rough seas, only God knows what a beautiful city I saw. I once saw it in the newspaper

However, it was still under the rule of the British. Although it also had the characteristics of a Western city, it could only be regarded as ordinary.[

However, the Hong Kong I saw when I got off the ship was completely different. On both sides of the original Victoria Harbor, which was renamed the "Pearl Harbour", were rows of new buildings. A World Hotel with more than 30 floors became the most dazzling building in the harbour.

Architecture. Although our Empire State Building is several times its height, this fantastically designed hotel still allowed me to witness its unique charm.

God knows how familiar I am with this Grand Hotel Worldwide. I stayed in such a hotel when I was in San Francisco. But damn, many Americans think that those luxury hotels that have begun to appear in major cities in the United States are American.

Opened. My intuition tells me that they may be the Chinese brand.

The streets in Hong Kong New Town are wide and there are a lot of vehicles. There are even many new-style cars that I have rarely seen in the United States. Through my somewhat broken Chinese, I found out the name of this kind of car, hn type 3 car.

Currently only for domestic sales...

...I finally came to the capital of this country, an emerging world-class metropolis. Western perspectives rarely paid attention to her. Of course, maybe it was because the sky over damn Europe was filled with more attractive dark clouds of war, and many people were dissatisfied with the prosperity.

The interest in the war is far less than the expectation of war. Especially as many of my compatriots and American citizens think, 'Let the damn war come. In addition to earning enough gold, we can also watch a war belonging to other countries.

Lively scenes of blood splattering and corpses strewn everywhere'.

This city has wider streets than Hong Kong, more vehicles, a larger population, and a denser population than New York. However, this big city has surprisingly complete transportation and municipal facilities, even some in the United States.

KFC and McDonald's, which can only be found in big cities, as well as large chain shopping malls, can also be found everywhere here.

Everyone is in a hurry because they have to work hard for their new country and build it up. Only idlers like me come from the West to the East to be their loyal audience...

Today, I will go to witness a unique event, a grand ceremony belonging to the fifth anniversary of the founding of this great nation - Long Live, a National Day military parade belonging to the Orientals.

Oh, I'm sorry, please forgive my excitement. For a person who only saw a few hundred soldiers carrying rifles and marching in the United States when I was in the United States, and who had just returned from the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, I was not impressed by the grandeur of this '**' country.

The National Day military parade is full of expectations. Dear readers, I am sorry that I will temporarily stop writing to watch this grand military parade. If my Chinese friends did not lie to me, they will have tens of thousands of soldiers participating in the military parade. It is really

It’s so exciting.”

Hemingway, an American novelist and a reporter for the Star newspaper, experienced the short civil war in Spain and submitted many high-quality manuscripts. The fat editor-in-chief of the newspaper from Tennessee asked him to choose a place to travel as this time.

A reward for outstanding performance, all expenses paid by the newspaper.

Of course, the condition is that after the trip, he must hand over a high-quality travel diary.

Through careful selection, Hemingway chose China, a country he had longed for for a long time and a place that has gradually made many Americans curious.

As a novelist, he has a unique interest in travel. Witnessing the miracles of civilization and exploring the footprints of history are his greatest wishes.

Of course, there is another reason. When more and more daily necessities in life are labeled with 'Made in China', even the inner walls of toothpaste boxes and the inconspicuous corners of razors are labeled with 'Made in China', he resolutely

Choose China to take a look.

I have long heard that under the leadership of a legendary new leader, this country has achieved remarkable results and created a '**'-style economic miracle. Their products are sold all over the world, and more and more of them are of high quality and low price.

Expensive goods are labeled Made in China.

Their leader, the politician named Zhang Shusheng, was even selected by Time Magazine as the fifth among the ten most powerful men in the world in 1937, surpassing the President of France and second only to US President Roosevelt, German Chancellor Hitler, and British Prime Minister.

Chamberlain, under Stalin, the Soviet dictator, is known as a newly emerging legendary political figure in the world.

Under his leadership, it took China more than 20 years to catch up with Britain and France, and is about to surpass them.

Although the other four politicians also led the economic renaissance, it was based on a solid economic foundation. However, this Chinese leader led the entire Eastern nation. In Chinese terms, it is called starting from scratch.

After arriving in China, Hemingway landed in Hong Kong on a sea-going ship and saw the miraculous new city of Hong Kong, which made him even more eager to travel to China. Later, he discovered that there was a "daily bus" running directly from Hong Kong to mainland China.

, he got on this bus, which had similar performance to buses in big cities in the United States. He stopped and went from Guangdong all the way north to the new capital of China in the hinterland of Jiangsu and Zhejiang: Hanking City.

After packing up the manuscripts he had written all morning and putting them away, Hemingway ate a piece of Chinese ramen noodles sent by the hotel owner. Then he was immersed in the delicious food and criticized the famous spaghetti in the West.

Going out.[

Since he already had a rough understanding of Chinese, after a few months of intensive study, he was able to basically communicate with Chinese people in Chinese.

Walking out of the cheap hotel where he was renting, Hemingway stopped a taxi at the intersection. This was a type of transportation he liked to take in big cities in China. The price was much cheaper than taxis in big cities in the United States.

Cars are cheap, starting at only 1 cent, and are charged by the kilometer. Although they are not the most popular form of transportation compared to buses, they are still very affordable and can be afforded by many Hanking residents.

"Hello, where are you going?" Seeing that a foreigner was getting on the bus, the driver pretended to take out a detailed English map of Hanking City from the storage compartment and handed it to Hemingway, asking him to choose where to go. This is

It is standard for taxi drivers in Hanking City. No one organizes taxi drivers to learn English. They just give them this English map.

"Hello, I want to go to China People's Square." Hemingway smiled slightly and said in slower Chinese.

"Okay." The driver was stunned for a moment, then nodded politely, and just asked one more question, "Today is the National Day ceremony, and traffic control is being implemented on People's Street near Huaxia Plaza. I can only take you to one of the several major entrances.

.If there is no problem, we will set off."

"No problem at all." Hemingway waved his hand to indicate that he knew the situation. According to the information he had learned beforehand, in addition to tens of thousands of soldiers participating in the military parade, millions of citizens would also go to watch the military parade.

He was not afraid of crowds, but was very excited, because this kind of grand occasion could not be seen in the United States. He said secretly, "Americans are busy making money. They are like me. Although they envy this kind of exciting scene, they are too lazy to let it go.

Participate yourself.”

"Okay, the seat belt is next to you." The taxi driver nodded with a smile and started the car. Although this simple version of the Chinese car is not as good-looking as the latest Model 3, it has a very simple shape.

, full of power, sturdy and durable.

Of course, no one knows that the high-quality and low-priced model that Zhang Shusheng decided to manufacture at the China Automobile Factory was actually the Volkswagen brand taxi that became very popular in later generations.

Since today was a military parade, many cars, bicycles, and even people on foot were heading towards Huaxia Square. When they reached a place more than one kilometer away from People's Street, the cars had to stop.

At this time in Hanking, the sky was clear. Although it was only after 8 o'clock in the morning, there were long queues at the dozen main entrances from People's Street to Huaxia Square, and soldiers were checking everyone who entered.

"Thank you." Hemingway took out a fifty cent RMB and handed it to the driver, then got out of the car. It was a little over one dollar, which was nothing compared to his salary and royalties.

He didn't bring a camera today, not even a pen and paper.

I got the news from another journalist friend from Los Angeles that the Chinese military parade also allows foreigners to enter and watch, but there is no special treatment, unless you are an invited world celebrity or a member of a "government" tour group of a certain country.

You can only stand in the square with their people and watch.

Looking at the Chinese people lining up in front, back and left, Hemingway couldn't help feeling that Westerners' understanding of the Chinese was seriously outdated. They abided by the rules. Although they discussed the upcoming military parade loudly, no one "jumped" in line.

, they just lined up in a regular manner. They were not badly dressed,

The richer people wore better fabrics, but even those dressed as workers wore clothes made of new fabrics. As far as Hemingway knew, the cost of these new fabrics was very low, far cheaper than silk and silk products, but they were made of

A kind of clothing called "new fashion" is also selling very well among American women.

"Hello, please show your valid ID"

After half an hour of queueing, it was finally Hemingway's turn. The People's Army on duty looked far more powerful than the American soldiers. After the other party saluted, Hemingway took out his press card and temporary passport.

"Please go to the viewing aisle."

Hemingway nodded and strode towards the viewing passage with the Chinese people in front of him. The so-called viewing passage is not a privilege for foreigners, but that although the entire National Day ceremony is mainly about the military parade, there are also other links.

Hundreds of thousands of people strongly applied to become one of the performers, while the rest were purely spectators.

He was in a good position. Following the crowd led by the soldiers on duty, Hemingway came to area No. 16. This area was very close to the center of the square, and he could see the "Chairman" tower of the square not far away.

"Not bad, it seems that we can have a good seat to enjoy the National Day ceremony."

Hemingway has also attended National Day or similar ceremonies in other countries, but with one exception, the number of people was too small and the ceremony was not grand enough, making it impossible for people to feel the festive atmosphere and the power of civilization.[

Later, Hemingway sat there, feeling the joy of the Chinese people. When the entire square fell silent, he knew that this unprecedented National Day ceremony was about to begin.

Unfortunately, there are no cameras, and this is a ceremony where no non-Republican official journalists are allowed to take pictures.

"Long live long live..."

When the shouts of overturning seas and rivers and landslides and earth-shattering rang out, Hemingway felt his ears ringing, but he did not feel the slightest discomfort. Instead, he felt the spiritual power from the Chinese. He and all Chinese people

Same, looking eagerly towards the direction of the tower.

He could vaguely see a few people appearing on the city tower, but unfortunately he couldn't see clearly, but he knew that they were the founders of this five-year-old republic, the rulers of this '** country'

them.

A majestic voice announced, "The National Day ceremony begins, the national flag is raised and the national anthem is played."

When the impassioned melody sounded, Hemingway found that every Chinese around him was singing the song seriously. At that time, he almost had the illusion that if he could sing, he might also sing along.

This is an extremely shocking momentum that is enough to shock everyone.

When the golden dragon flag was raised on the flag-raising platform in the square, 50 gun salutes in the west corner of the square were played together as a tribute to the fifth anniversary, making the opening ceremony of the entire ceremony reach its peak.

"...Warmly welcome Comrade Zhang Shusheng, Chairman of the Supreme Power Committee of the People's Democratic Republic of China, for his speech."

At that moment, Hemingway found that the entire square suddenly became quiet, and then a burst of thunderous applause broke out. Even he clapped along, not for anything else, just because he was about to hear the story of China's supreme leader.

His voice was loud and he spoke live. You must know that almost no Western reporters could see his true face before.

"...In five years of economic construction, we have made great achievements. This achievement does not belong to me, Zhang Shusheng, but to you, to the more than 400 million Chinese who have not come to the scene. It is the result of your own hands."
To be continued...