China marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II with a sweeping military parade in Beijing that doubled as a display of newly unveiled weaponry and a pointed warning to the United States.
Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. The context. The parade comes after Xi proclaimed ambitions to reform the ...
AT A MILITARY PARADE IN BEIJING THIS WEEK, WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DISPLAY OF POWER TURNED INTO AN UNUSUAL MOMENT BETWEEN TWO WORLD LEADERS. A LIVE MICROPHONE PICKED UP CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING ...
BEIJING—China flexed its growing military power and its deepening ties to Washington’s adversaries with an extravagant parade that cast leader Xi Jinping as the standard-bearer of a new global order.
Beijing (CNN) — Xi Jinping staged a staggering show of China’s military power on Wednesday before some of the world’s most powerful authoritarian leaders, rallying them behind his vision for a new ...
BEIJING, 3 September (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived at the venue for the military parade in Beijing, BelTA has learned. "Of course, no matter how complicated it may be ...
China kicked off its largest-ever military parade on Wednesday, a show of its growing firepower and geopolitical clout as President Xi Jinping seeks to cast Beijing as the custodian of a post-US ...
With the leaders of Russia, Iran and North Korea watching, Beijing conducted a massive parade on Wednesday, demonstrating the results of a years-long effort by the Chinese Communist Party to build a ...
Members of the Chinese military hold flags during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing’s ...
BEIJING, 2 September (BelTA) – The presidents of Belarus and Russia should attend the parade in Beijing that will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Victory over Japanese militarism and an ...