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China’s Xi oversees massive military parade with Putin, Kim in attendance

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, arrive at a military parade in Beijing, China, on Wednesday [Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin pool via AP]

China flexed its military muscle at a huge military parade in Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, displaying its latest generation of stealth fighters, tanks and ballistic missiles amid a highly choreographed cast of thousands.

The parade through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday morning was overseen by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the head of the country’s military and the Chinese Communist Party.

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