When they reached Xi, their heads snapped right, a sea of resolute faces turning to salute their commander in chief. Twelve thousand troops marched into Tiananmen Square in perfect lockstep. “The unyielding Chinese people fought gallantly and finally won total victory over the Japanese militarist aggressors, thus preserving the achievements of China’s 5,000-year-old civilization and defending the cause of peace for mankind.” Then, to celebrate that peace, there was a massive military parade.
“In that devastating war, the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression started first and lasted longest,” Xi said in his speech on Sept. They had come to commemorate Victory Day, the anniversary of the end of World War II in China-or as it was known there, the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War. This was the entrance to the Forbidden City when China’s last emperors ruled, and it was where Mao Zedong declared the foundation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. The crowds waved their red flags in perfect unison. China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin strode out to the Gate of Heavenly Peace in the center of Beijing.
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