 | Tanks pass through central Beijing on their way to Tiananmen Square, as police hold back crowds of spectators Monday, August 16, 1999. The tanks were part of a convoy of hundreds of military vehicles conducting a practice run for a military parade to be held Oct. 1 in the square on the 50th anniversary of communist rule in China. [AP] click to open  |
 | Tanks pass through central Beijing on their way to Tiananmen Square, as police hold back crowds of spectators Monday, August 16, 1999. The tanks were part of a convoy of hundreds of military vehicles conducting a practice run for a military parade to be held Oct. 1 in the square on the 50th anniversary of communist rule in China. [AP] click to open |
 | Police hold back a crowd which gathered to watch a convoy of military vehicles as they cross an overpass on their way to Beijing's Tiananmen Square Monday, August 16, 1999. A convoy of hundreds of military vehicles passed through the square in a practice run for a military parade to be held Oct. 1 on the 50th anniversary of communist rule in China. Vehicle in photo is an armored personnel vehicle. [AP] click to open |
 | A missle launcher passes through central Beijing on the way to Tiananmen Square Monday, August 16, 1999. The missle launcher was part of a convoy of hundreds of military vehicles conducting a practice run for a military parade celebrating communist China's 50th anniversary on Oct. 1. [AP] click to open |
 | Missle launchers pass through central Beijing on their way to Tiananmen Square Monday, Aug. 16, 1999. Armored personnel carriers, and other military vehicles rumbled through Beijing's Avenue of Eternal Peace on Monday night, practicing for a military parade celebrating communist China's 50th anniversary on Oct. 1. [AP] click to open |
 | A tank passes pedestrians on its way to Beijing's Tiananmen Square Monday, Aug. 16, 1999. Armored personnel carriers with soldiers standing at attention rumbled through central Beijing's Avenue of Eternal Peace on Monday night in a practice run for the military parade for the nation's 50th anniversary on Oct. 1. [AP] click to open |
 | A crowd gathers to watch as a tank passes through a bicycle lane on its way to Beijing's Tiananmen Square Monday, Aug. 16, 1999. Armored personnel carriers rumbled through central Beijing's Avenue of Eternal Peace on Monday night in a practice run for the military parade for the nation's 50th anniversary on Oct. 1. [AP] click to open |
 | A crowd gathers to watch as a tank passes through a bicycle lane on its way to Beijing's Tiananmen Square Monday, Aug. 16, 1999. Armored personnel carriers with soldiers standing at attention rumbled through central Beijing's Avenue of Eternal Peace on Monday night in a practice run for the military parade for the nation's 50th anniversary on Oct. 1. [AP] click to open |
 | Police hold back a crowd which gathered to watch a convoy of tanks as they cross an overpass on their way to Beijing's Tiananmen Square Monday, Aug. 16, 1999. Armored personnel carriers with soldiers standing at attention rumbled through central Beijing's Avenue of Eternal Peace on Monday night in a practice run for the military parade for the nation's 50th anniversary on Oct. 1. [AP] click to open |
 | P.R. China 50th Anniversary: Chinese soldiers practice marching in Beijing on Monday Aug. 16, 1999. China has ordered a "total mobilization" of resources to tighten its diplomatic isolation of Taiwan following the island's recent assertion of statehood, a newspaper reported Sunday. click to open |
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