and, improbably, a female militia unit toting submachine guns and attired in red miniskirts and white jackboots.
“There was moment when Hu broke into a nearly human-like expression, when he saw the girls in the miniskirts.” said Mr. Barmé, of Sydney. But his overall assessment of the parade? “Incredibly dull.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/world/asia/02china.html?hp