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China celebrates 70 years as Hong Kong unrest looms large

China's military has been practising to make the October 1 celebrations a day to remember. [Photo: AFP]

China celebrates 70 years of Communist Party supremacy Tuesday with a parade of tanks, missiles and troops, a muscular display of its rising superpower status even as it faces an unprecedented challenge to its authority in seething Hong Kong.

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