More than 20 world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will gather in Beijing for the September 3 “Victory Day” event marking 80 years since Japan’s defeat at the end of World War Two.
The unprecedented joint appearance of Xi flanked by Putin and Kim overseeing the showcase of cutting-edge equipment like hypersonic missiles and drones, may well be the defining image of the parade, an “Axis of Upheaval” defying the West.
“The presence of Vladimir Putin, (Iran’s) Masoud Pezeshkian, and Kim Jong Un underscores China’s role as the world’s leading authoritarian power,“ said Neil Thomas, a Chinese politics expert at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis.
Proceedings will kick off at 9 a.m. (0100GMT), according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.
Trump, whose own June military parade drew the largest nationwide protests since his return to power, has repeatedly talked up his close relations with Xi, Putin and Kim but has failed to make any major diplomatic breakthroughs.
Earlier this week, Xi rallied leaders of developing nations to advocate for a more equal, multipolar world and promote the “correct historical perspective” of World War Two at a regional security forum in the port city of Tianjin.
Xi has cast the war as a major turning point in the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” in which it overcame Japan’s invasion to become an economic and geopolitical powerhouse.
Downtown Beijing has been virtually paralysed by security measures and traffic controls in the weeks leading up to the parade.
Taiwanese officials on Monday estimated Beijing was spending $5 billion - the equivalent of 2% of its entire defence budget - on the parade.
“I hope they’ll spend less money and use it towards improving people’s livelihoods,“ read one viral response which has since been deleted. Others had urged the government to declare a national holiday, a move it didn’t take. - Reuters
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