Shenzhen City in south China celebrated the upcoming Chinese National Day, which falls on Oct 1, with mesmerizing drone-performing light show, featuring majestic tapestry made by over 10,000 drones against the dazzling skyline.
With a theme of "City in the Sky, with Great Possibilities," the show started at 20:30 on Thursday. A total of 10,197 drones slowly took to the air and lit up the night sky over Shenzhen Bay Park, making up different formations, a breath-taking blend of high technology and art.
The enchanting and vibrant displays attracted many residents and tourists to enjoy, who eagerly captured images of the drones forming various patterns, including a roc spreading its wings and iconic city landmarks.
The drone light show also set two Guinness World records: one for the most drones controlled by a single computer at the same time, and the other for the most drones involved in a light show, according to the event organizer.
According to the organizer, drone shows will be staged at five different locations for seven consecutive days during the National Day holiday from Oct1 to 7, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, adding luster to the festivity.
Shenzhen celebrates Chinese National Day with mesmerizing drone-performing light show
Most candidates in campaigns for the leadership of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) didn't take a clear stance on key issues such as economic policies and political reform, which had in fact failed to meet expectations of the public, said a Japanese expert.
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba won the LDP's presidential election on Friday, virtually ensuring that he will become the country's next prime minister.
As the LDP-led coalition constitutes a majority in both chambers of the parliament in Japan, the new party leader is almost certain to be elected prime minister in the extraordinary Diet session scheduled to be held on Oct 1, succeeding the incumbent Fumio Kishida.
The party's political funding scandal, which was disclosed in November last year, has weakened the public support of the Kishida cabinet. A poll conducted by NHK this month indicates that the cabinet gained a disapproval rating of 60 percent, five percentage points higher from last month.
Kazuyuki Hamada, an expert on international politics and economics, said the candidates for the party's leadership are unlikely to respond to the "political and money" issue and the participation of so many fresh candidates in campaigns is likely to draw people's attention away from the political funding scandal.
"The participation of so many fresh candidates, including some female ones, can take people's attention away from the 'politics and money' issue when people are hesitant to make a choice and discuss who will be elected. However, no one can give a response to how to resolve the 'politics and money' issue, and the public distrust of politics cannot be dispelled," said Hamada.
Hamada said it is difficult for the candidates, most of whom didn't take a clear stance on issues such as economic policies and political reform, to arouse expectations from the public.
"The candidates said they need financial authorities to provide funds for growing industries so as to promote economic recovery. However, they didn't clarify which fields will be covered, which are the growing industries, where the Japanese government should invest, and how to guarantee the financial sources. Now we need to boost the economy, but the LDP doubled its defense budget under the pressure of the U.S. Does Japan really need U.S. arms? They didn't make any explanation to the public on all issues above," said Hamada.
"The current political situation in Japan is unsettling to the Japanese people, or doesn't create any expectations for the public. People don't believe the politics could bring anything good, thus, they distance themselves from politics," he said.
Ruling party leadership campaign hardly meet public expectations as candidates fail to answer key questions: expert
Ruling party leadership campaign hardly meet public expectations as candidates fail to answer key questions: expert
