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09/10/2007: "DOUBLE TENTH DAY ...... Taiwan's National Holiday"

I failed to gain entry to the grandstand from where my friend Le-chin snapped these shots today, October 10, 2007

The show of military people and their hardware was the first in Taiwan for 16 years on this national holiday. An impressive show of aircraft in formation was the highlight for me further down the city.

Will the event get international media recognition or will it be censored out of fear of annoying a rival?

A fireworks display tonight, over water, was amazing. New fireworks stay alight all the way down creatring a fountain-like stream of color. Spectacular other effects too, to say the least.

A second fireworks display is happening as I write (8pm). This one will make the international news media for sure. For the first time that I know of a high-rise building is used to launch fireworks horizontally, from the windows area.

It brought back a similarity to NYC and the Sept 11th aircraft!

Certain to attract media attention throughout the world, the word Taiwan will be brought into focus contrasting the now outdated Republic of China 'official title'. Many would like a change to avoid confusion with their remote or very distant relatives in the Peoples Republic of China.



The 2007 Taipei Dadaocheng Fireworks and Music Festival, which was postponed because of Typhoon Sepat, will begin at 7pm tonight at Dadaocheng wharf, and the Taipei City Government invited city residents to come along and enjoy pop music and a 30-minute fireworks display.

About 20,000 fireworks of various shapes, such as hearts, jellyfish, waterfalls and bouquets, will be set off between 8pm and 8:30pm tonight between floodgates 3 and 5 of the Danshui River, Taipei's Department of Information said.