“Xi Jinping said the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held China’s largest-ever military parade, joined by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in a show of defiance to the west.
“Putin and Kim, the authoritarian leaders of Russia and North Korea, were among dozens of world leaders who attended the parade, a massive display of military hardware and personnel, orchestrated to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, which China calls the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression….
”He said China was a great nation that ‘is never intimidated by any bullies’ in an apparent veiled reference to the US and its allies, and warned that China was ‘unstoppable’.
“After his remarks, Xi stood in an open-top car to inspect the parade, greeting troops and receiving salutes, as miles of military hardware drove by and warplanes flew overhead.”
—The Guardian, September 3, 2025
Severe security environment
“Taiwan’s government used the event to renew alarm over Beijing’s military intimidation of the island. China sends military jets and ships near Taiwan almost daily and hasn’t renounced the use the force to take over the territory, which it considers a breakaway province.
“Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said in a speech Tuesday ahead of the island’s Armed Forces Day that the ‘security environment’ in the Taiwan Strait, the body of water separating China from Taiwan, was ‘more severe than ever before.’ ”
—ABC News, September 3, 2025
Just a ceremony
“Taipei resident Mu Chuhua caught some glimpses of China’s mighty military parade on YouTube on Wednesday. As she watched hypersonic missiles roll down Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue and troops march in lockstep, she didn’t feel like they posed a threat to Taiwan, the self-ruled island China claims as its own.
“Mu, a 69-year-old retiree, said she saw the parade as simply a way for Chinese President Xi Jinping to ‘say thank you to the troops.’
“ ‘I thought it was quite normal,” she said. ‘It was very cool.’…
“While the KMT, Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the Chinese Communist Party sparred over their own interpretations of the day, for 17-year-old Justin Hu, a high school student in Taipei, the military parade was just ‘a nice celebration and a nice display of military power,’ he told AP.
“ ‘It’s just a ceremony,’ he said.”
—ABC News, September 3, 2025
A friend
“ ‘I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it was very, very impressive,’ Trump said in the Oval office.
“ ‘I watched the speech last night. President Xi is a friend of mine, but I thought that the United States should have been mentioned last night during that speech, because we helped China very, very much [during World War Two].’ ”
—News Max, September 3, 2025
United versus disunited
“This week’s spectacle in Beijing, where the world’s foremost dictators are calling for a new world order in front of goose-stepping troops, must be a wake-up call for the United States. As America’s adversaries unite against us, the White House is driving our allies and partners away, weakening deterrence and further emboldening dictators. We cannot be weak in the face of authoritarian aggression any longer and allow Putin, Xi, and their enablers to plunge the world into yet another era of conflict and war.”
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Select Committee on the CCP, September 3, 2025
Not a friend
“President Trump charged Tuesday that the brutal dictators of China, Russia and North Korea will ‘conspire against The United States of America’ at a military parade in Beijing, where the three heads of state are marking 80 years since Japan’s defeat in World War II.
“ ‘May President Xi and the wonderful people of China have a great and lasting day of celebration,’ Trump wrote in a Truth Social post, as the massive spectacle in Tiananmen Square kicked off.
“ ‘Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America,’ the president added.”
—New York Post, September 3, 2025
Also see:
StoptheCCP.org: “Taipei Warns Famous People Not to Spread CCP Propaganda”
“This ‘Chinese People’s War of Resistance’ was organized and led by the communists’ enemy, the Kuomintang. It was the KMT who fought Japan to a standstill while the Reds sat on the sidelines gathering their strength to wage civil war.”
RutersXiaoFanQi: Video: “What bad things has Xi Jinping done?”
