How China’s XXL military parade puts its military and territorial ambitions on show
Pacific Asia • Sep 2, 2025, 2:39 PM
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Wednesday’s military parade in Beijing celebrating the 80-year anniversary of China’s victory over Japan in World War II seems set to position China as the natural leader of a rival bloc to the Western international order – while at the same time pushing a historical narrative that seeks to justify President Xi Jinping’s territorial claims on Taiwan.
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How China’s XXL military parade puts its military and territorial ambitions on show
Pacific Asia • 2:39 PM
1 min
Wednesday’s military parade in Beijing celebrating the 80-year anniversary of China’s victory over Japan in World War II seems set to position China as the natural leader of a rival bloc to the Western international order – while at the same time pushing
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SCO summit: 'The most anti-American nations in the world chatting and laughing'
Pacific Asia • 11:09 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, September 2: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit is making headlines – we take a look at papers from China, Russia and India as well as coverage in the rest of the world. Next, papers discuss the 6.0-magnitude earthquake
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China’s power optics on display as Xi welcomes allies ahead of military parade
Pacific Asia • 8:01 AM
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President Xi Jinping is set to flaunt China's vision of a new global order at Wednesday's Victory Day military parade. Reporting from Hong Kong, France 24's Patrick Foy says the parade has been described as a "coming out party for China's military modern
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New 5.2 quake hits Afghanistan as rescuers scramble to find survivors
Pacific Asia • 4:37 AM
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Another earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday near to where a 6.0 magnitude quake on Sunday night killed more than 1,400 people. Villagers joined rescue workers in a desperate search for survivors as the disaster threatens to worsen Afghanistan's
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North Korea’s Kim arrives in Beijing as Putin and Xi hail ‘old friend’ ties
Pacific Asia • 4:13 AM
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un on Tuesday crossed the border into China by train ahead of Wednesday's military parade in Beijing to mark the end of World War II. Chinese President Xi Jinping hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “old friend” as the tw
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Vietnam marks 80 years of independence from France with parade of 40,000
Pacific Asia • 12:31 AM
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Thousands packed the streets of Hanoi Tuesday to watch around 40,000 troops and civilians march in a military parade to mark Vietnam's 80 years of independence from French colonial rule.
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