Kim and Putin join Xi Jinping at massive military parade in Beijing
Pacific Asia • Sep 3, 2025, 1:51 AM
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Chinese President Xi Jinping said humanity must choose between peace and war as he held his country's largest-ever military parade on Wednesday, flanked by Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Military hardware displayed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square included hypersonic missiles, underwater drones and a new intercontinental ballistic missile.
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'Alternative great power: China's 'very effective military machine' striving to be world-class
Pacific Asia • 7:54 AM
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Through its use of military pageantry, China aims to project itself as a non-Western great power on the global stage, explains Alessio Patalano, Military Historian, Author, and Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia in the Department of War Studies, an
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In a 'hot mic' moment, Xi and Putin contemplate immortality and organ transplants
Pacific Asia • 5:07 AM
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were overheard Wednesday musing about life-extending organ transplants and the possibility of immortality. The discussion was captured by state media microphones before Beijing's massive m
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