Closing Ceremony

Observation: Military man, in uniform, infront of stadium, background has fireworks going off, looks like the picture was taken from a upward angle, the main focus point is the guard







Inferences:
China is showing that they are a force. Because they could just put regular cops out there but instead they put well dressed military men. This image makes me feel like china is trying to stay safe. What confused me is why is there only one guard in the picture not a hole squad.

I know that this all was televised globally, does that mean china is trying to tell the United States something? I know the olympics was a big thing, but was china trying to show that they have everything we have and more? To me I think that they are saying that we can protect ourselves.