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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Simina Mistreanu

In Taiwan, competing narratives over the meaning of China's massive military show

Taipei resident Mu Chuhua caught some glimpses of China’s mighty military parade on YouTube on Wednesday. As she watched hypersonic missiles roll down Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue and troops march in lockstep, she didn’t feel like they posed a threat to Taiwan, the self-ruled island China claims as its own.

Mu, a 69-year-old retiree, said she saw the parade as simply a way for Chinese President Xi Jinping to “say thank you to the troops.”

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