The president of China, Xi Jinpinghas opened this Wednesday in the capital of the country, Beijing, A great military parade on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory over Japanin an event in which he has been flanked by his Russian and noorean counterparts, Vladimir Putin y Kim Jong-unbetween twenty heads of state and government to which he has warned that the world is facing a crossroads.
“Today, humanity faces Choice between peace or war, dialogue or confrontationthe mutual benefit or the zero sum game, “he said before a great image of the former Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square, although he has assured that”The noble cause of peace and the development of humanity will succeed Without a doubt, “the Xinhua state news agency has collected.
During the act in which thousands of soldiers and hundreds of mlitar vehicles have participated, the president has stressed that “with a huge national sacrificethe Chinese people contributed significantly to saving human civilization and safeguard world peace “, paying tribute to Chinese veterans, before reviewing the troops.
To the parade they have attended 26 world leadersamong those who have highlighted Putin and Kim, in which the first visit of the North Korean leader of the last six years. Many of chiefs of state and government present participated days ago at the summit of the Shanghai cooperation organization, as is the case of the representatives of Vietnam, Malaysia, Pakistan, Belarus, Iran, Serbia, Slovakia and India, in a part of part to reinforce ties with the first minister of the latter, Narendra Modi.
The event is part of An XI effort to demonstrate the country’s growing military capacitywhile the nationalist feeling appeas, amid tensions with the United States and the claims of autonomy by Taiwan, and tries to reinforce China’s status as a pillar of world order after the great war.
The White House tenant, Donald Trump has accused of “conspiring” against the United States to his Russian and North Korean peersin a message in Truth Social in which he has reminded XI the contribution with American “blood” to Japan’s defeat in World War II.
