Their national leader is no longer the cartoonish Mao, but president Hu Jintao, who looked every inch a modern executive in his well-cut suit and quick smile.

• 千人击缶、水墨画卷、活字印刷板，这些画面后来被很多人批评转播得有失水准，而在当时，我都是边流泪边咧嘴傻笑看过去的。