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As I strolled downtown this morning, I got the distinct impression that I was in China!
This miraculous revelation came about because, overnight, they have stuck large Chinese flags on virtually every lamp post in the city. The Chinese State Flag. You know the big red thing with five stars. I passed literally hundreds of them in a twenty minute walk.
Now, I'm fairly sure they haven't done this just to remind me which country I'm in. Perhaps, it is to do with Wednesday's anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (founded July 1st, 1921), but then shouldn't they be hanging up the Party flag (left) rather than the national flag?
On the other hand, perhaps they are getting ready a bit prematurely for October the 1st which will be National Day and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Either that or they just happened to have a whole bunch of these flags and thought they'd better use them for something.
I always knew when a holiday was coming when I saw the workers hanging up
flags and other decorations on all the streets. I wonder if they reuse the
decorations or just throw them out after the holiday.