MARKING 80 YEARS CELEBRATION SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II, CHINA TODAY DISPLAYED ITS LATEST GENERATION OF STEALTH FIGHTERS, TANKS AND BALLISTIC MISSILES AMID A HIGHLY CHOREOGRAPHED CAST OF THOUSANDS, FLEXING ITS MILITARY MUSCLE AT THE HUGE MILITARY PARADE IN BEIJING.
THE PARADE THROUGH TIANANMEN SQUARE WAS OVERSEEN BY CHINESE PRESIDENT, XI JINPING, AND ALSO GRACED BY FOREIGN LEADERS INCLUDING RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN AND NORTH KOREAN LEADER, KIM JONG UN.
XI WATCHED THE PARADE FROM THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE, BEFORE MAKING A SPEECH TO THE 10,000 ASSEMBLED MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE.
AS HE SPOKE OF CHINA’S VICTORY OVER “JAPANESE AGGRESSION” IN THE “WORLD ANTI-FASCIST WAR”, HE THANKED FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS FOR THEIR HELP, ADDING THAT LESSONS FROM THE WAR WERE AS RELEVANT NOW AS EVER.
