'Alternative great power: China's 'very effective military machine' striving to be world-class

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, and Co-Director of the Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London. He adds that over the years, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been actively shaping a world order in which China holds significantly more influence.