China to clean up bugs, rats for National DayChina, which wants to stamp out to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion s>. See also: Stamp any potential threats to its carefully choreographed National Day celebrations in Tiananmen Square on October 1, has taken aim at some pesky foes -- bugs and rats. Beijing has launched a broad security crackdown to prevent attackers or dissidents from disrupting the 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. , but Xinhua news agency “Xinhua” redirects here. For other uses, see Xinhua (disambiguation). The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: 新华社; Traditional Chinese: said it has also targeted pests such as "mosquitoes, flies, rats and cockroaches cockroaches insects which may carry Salmonella spp. in their gut and play a part in the spread of the disease. ". The campaign is aimed at ensuring that dignitaries and other participants in the 60th National Day celebrations are "free from epidemics and bites", it said. Officials have launched a series of nighttime "extermination extermination mass killing of animals or other pests. Implies complete destruction of the species or other group. sweeps" at the square and the adjacent Forbidden City imperial palace and Mao Zedong mausoleum, it quoted Zeng Xiaofan, an official in charge of the programme, as saying. "Rats could eat electric cables and mosquitoes could bite and annoy people gathering in the square on October 1 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of (Communist) China," Zeng was quoted saying. China is planning a huge military parade and mass pageant in and around Tiananmen Square on October 1. 
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