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Al Jazeera Staff

China’s Victory Day military parade: Who attended and what happened?

China’s President Xi Jinping delivers a speech following the military parade in Beijing on September 3, 2025 [Jade Gao/AFP]

China hosted a major military parade in its capital, Beijing, on Wednesday, marking 80 years since the end of World War II.

In the country’s largest ever military parade, President Xi Jinping welcomed world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, presenting China’s military prowess and vision for the future. Also present was Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter and possible heir, Kim Ju Ae, who made her first known international trip to China for the parade.

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