Beijing karaoke crooners get anti-drug songKaraoke singers in Beijing are being forced to listen to an anti-drugs song before belting out tunes as part of a crackdown on narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. use ahead of China's National Day, state media said Friday. Police have told more than 1,200 karaoke venues in the capital to install the three-minute "educational video" as authorities clamp down on drug users and dealers ahead of the October 1 festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. , the Global Times reported. "It pops up after you start the system. You can't cut it short but have to wait till the song finishes," said Li Tong  This article or section may fail to make a clear distinction between fact and .Please [ edit this article], according to the fiction guidelines, to meet Wikipedia's . , manager of a Party World karaoke venue. "Some sing to it. The tunes are quite catchy." China is planning a military parade  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. , mass song and dance performances, and fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to on October 1 to mark the day when revolutionary leader Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of Communist China in 1949 at Tiananmen Square. Authorities have started clamping down ahead of the celebrations, with thousands of additional police already deployed in the capital. 
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