Silk Road -BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed troops in Beijing on Wednesday during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Standing in a Hongqi limousine, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, gave the command for the review to begin.
As the review vehicle moved slowly eastward, passing the fluttering flags of the Party, the nation and the army that stood before the assembled troops, Xi saluted the flags with a fixed gaze.
Amid resounding military music, Xi inspected foot, banner and armament formations along Chang’an Avenue.
• Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un flanked Xi at the start, the first time the trio has been pictured together, in a defiant challenge to the US-led world order.
• Featuring over 10,000 troops and hundreds of advanced weapons, the parade revealed China’s growing military power under Xi’s push to modernize the world’s largest standing army.
Source: Xinhua – CNN
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