BEIJING, China – An enormous military parade moves through Tienanmen Square on Thursday as Beijing honors the 70th commemoration of Japan’s WWII rout, yet real Western delegates are avoiding the show of force.
President Xi Jinping riding in a Chinese-made Red Flag limousine, standing up through a sunroof with four microphones mounted in front of him, drove past the assembled troops calling out “Greetings, Comrades” every few moments, before the troops started their marching.
Xi commenced the proceedings with a speech at the Tienanmen gate, flanked by Chinese leaders and foreign dignitaries, including Russian leader Vladimir Putin, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
The parade featured PLA’s 12,000 Chinese soldiers, 500 pieces of hardware and almost 200 aircraft, which comes as Beijing takes a more assertive diplomatic stance.
Leaders from Western countries and some of its allied nation are not present, such as US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and the Republic of the Philippines President Benigno Aquino III, who has drawn Beijing’s ire for beefing up his country’s security policies.
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By: Carl E.
Saan nakaupo si Erap?
sana naman si erap paguwi dito sa pilipinas nangangarap na sana ganyan din sandatahan natin. pag uwi nyan malamang umurong ang bayag.. pa ngiti ngiti lang maka china yan e.
We’ll see kung ano sasabihin nya..
Japan palang kayang pabagsakin ang china….
how? with what?
china has strategic missile that can destroy every japanese infrastructure, and has spare to take care of the philippines at the same time. 🙂
impressive.