Full Coverage: China’s Victory Day parade
China’s military modernization and expansion will be on display as the country marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia with a major parade in Beijing on Sept. 3, 2015.
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President Xi Jinping announced Thursday that China will cut its military by 300,000 troops, a significant reduction in one of the largest militaries in the world and a move that the Chinese leader called a gesture of peace.
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Among those honored at Thursday’s military parade in Beijing was a delegation of American World War II veterans from the California-based Flying Tigers Historical Organization.
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China’s People’s Liberation Army is the world’s largest military force, with 2.3 million troops serving on the ground, in the air and in the increasingly robust force China is deploying on the high seas.
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Dozens of foreign heads of state will descend on Beijing to witness this week’s massive military parade, a 90-minute spectacle on Thursday morning to mark the 70th anniversary of imperial Japan’s defeat at the end of World War II.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping needed a parade.
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For a gauge of how seriously Beijing is taking its upcoming military parade, just try driving around town.
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Amid florid pomp and extreme security measures, China on Thursday will mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II by staging a massive parade featuring tanks, aircraft and thousands of goose-stepping soldiers.
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Even in his 97th year, Sun Yinbai cannot forget the severed limbs and mangled corpses of the U.S. airmen strewn across the remote, wind-whipped landing strip.
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Xiao Qing knows the drill.
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Taiwan jabbed at mainland China this weekend with a two-hour military show aimed at asserting credit for defeating Japan in a key World War II theater, but Beijing is expected to absorb the barb as it seeks friendly relations with the island -- even though it credits its own Communist forces for the same victory.
