$ y" i1 u1 y- t) k3 |据官方媒体报导,室内展厅里,观众摩肩接踵。室外展厅,人头攒动。室外展示的新型主战坦克、步兵战车、自行高炮、地地导弹、中程地空导弹、歼击轰炸机等大型武器装备,以及一些后勤保障装备,让刚刚走进军博大门的观众叹为观止。/ Y, \ L5 P3 J1 N5 H% I$ P- t
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在坦克训练模拟器前,围了一层层的观众,3名解放军官兵正在给大家演示操作方法。为了激发观众的兴趣,增强与观众的互动,展览设置了一些观众参与项目,如海军多功能舰艇模拟训练器、坦克训练模拟器,可让观众体验驾驶军舰、坦克的感受。 5 R1 @. ] K* Q1 U- y [ \2 z% T; E% v6 e. v' C
中国媒体说,此次军展中的许多展品是多年来首次亮相,其目的就是以“实事求是”的态度“全面客观”地展示了军队建设成就,包括新披露的重大战役的一些史实等。' o' K* m) S( b0 |( Q. e- J- I
* ~5 Z5 u) c$ r, f" N; o9 t9 |% c 6 H; ~$ O: U3 _0 ?' iShow of strength as China marks anniversary of world's biggest army 4 L( Q+ X6 J$ C+ h) f 9 r# C. [- v$ `, ]$ tOur Troops toward the Sun, an exhibition which opened yesterday, allows visitors to drive a tank, see Chairman Mao Zedong's punch-bag or check out a model of a hydrogen bomb. They can even examine in detail the new uniforms of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). 7 |' W0 d. y, p; n( z
" q" w0 m. ]; ~5 gThis year is the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the PLA, the world's biggest military force, and China is celebrating the occasion with a stirring exhibition. Day one was packed with visitors, including children getting to grips with anti-aircraft guns and dozens of people queuing to fire a warship's gun. 3 ~4 u o. y, Z9 r, d, T 2 r0 `% z ~' W; \+ m2 Y% TThe PLA has 2.3 million soldiers, 800,000 reservists and a People's Armed Police of 1.5 million. Since its foundation, it has been transformed from a group of guerrillas into a powerful military machine.! E* U3 b' E6 O' i
$ _9 z. O8 L8 K' L. c& |9 q" BA surprise inclusion in the exhibition is Lin Biao, a defence minister who helped defeat Japanese invaders, routed Nationalist troops in China's civil war during the 1930s and 1940s and commanded Chinese forces in the Korean War. He is honoured as one of the "Ten Marshals" who founded the PLA, although he died a traitor in a mysterious plane crash after apparently plotting to assassinate Mao Zedong, the Communist leader.% D. Y9 ~' \1 I* g* Y+ ?
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"With objective thinking, we decided to put the picture of Lin Biao together with the other nine marshals," said Jiang Tingyu, a researcher. "We have to show history as it was." , p8 g' q' m# d& U! z7 Z! ~& W/ w+ l2 D; X6 ~
A prominent diorama showed a beach invasion, with Taiwan in mind. The island is the focus of Beijing's military development, which mainland China has said it would attack if the self-ruled island state tried tried to declare independence. The exhibition says China's armed forces "make a valuable contribution to world peace", a view at variance with a Pentagon reportthis year which said the growth of the Chinese military could increase tension in Asia. : H8 z2 C5 d& f5 |' a* D& L / U g k! M1 ~( @6 Z7 OAt the National People's Congress in March, China said it would boost defence spending by 17.8 per cent, to £22bn, this year, though the US says the figure could reach £63bn. Washington spends £244bn a year on its military, not including Iraq and Afghanistan. - `- k7 l$ _7 W3 Z9 T& {% Q Z4 K # Y& F m0 }) ]# }5 z8 j$ _The green hats in the new PLA uniform no longer incorporate a red band. Critics say it should have remained as a symbol of the Communist Party.