Communist Mani...ahh forget it

I reckon so that folks don't forget who's really in charge around here, every now and then you need an awesome display of power and might. Especially if you are the "communists" in power way up in Beijing, and all those Cantonese speakers down in Hong Kong are running buck wild with their capitalist propoganda, driving fancy cars (i've seriously seen more Rolls and Italian named cars that are tough to spell than in my whole life) and wearing clothes made of crushed diamond powder. So i guess they thought they oughtta show em what fireworks are really about, and planned an explosive celebration for the 4th. Either this was nuclear, or my camera just can't handle the exposure. Either way, there were about a zillion proletariats milling about ohh-ing and ahh-ing in between the double bourgoise blinders created by the Sheraton and the Penensula hotel.