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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin take a walk at the personal residence of Chinese leader Zhunanhai in Beijing, China on September 2, 2025.
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Beijing is preparing for the Victory Day military parade, but the public is not allowed to go.
On Wednesday, ChinaThe Communist Party will celebrate the 80th anniversary from the end of World War II in the Pacific. President Xi jinping invited Russia Vladimir Putin and North Korea Kim Jong in Jong U To be present in the framework of the demonstration of Beijing Global Power.
In addition to more than 20 world leaders, only party dignitaries and other people will be present.
“Looking at the parade itself, you are really just going to see the complete control over the stage,” said Karl Mingzner, a senior employee Council on Foreign Relations And the author of the book “The End of the Age: As China’s authoritarian revival undermines its growth.”
The main route of the parade is strongly patrolled as more than six square miles – approximately four times more than in the New York Central Park – they are close.
Building bodies on Changan Avenue, the main ceremonial route, told Beijing to the residents to close the windows, and those who are in the offices stay away from the early Tuesday until the 70-minute procession is over.
Shops closed along the route, as well as subway stations. Police checks are more stringent.
The closest person from the public will be at least the street. The barriers were created even more, while some movement fences were painted in rainbow colors to make the control items feel more festive.
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin (R) helps to come to the military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, when Chinese President Xi Jinping (C), Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese Prime Minister Lee Kecyan on September 3, 2015 in China. China celebrates the 70th anniversary since the end of World War II and its role in the victory of Japan with a new national holiday and a military parade in Beijing.
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“For many observers at home, you will look at this and think,” Wow, everything in China is perfect. “This creates a false impression of China’s reality, which in a sense is what Beijing really wants,” the Miners said.
From the rostrum on Tiananmen Square, XI will observe the demonstration of the newest Chinese “arranged, active” combat equipment, including tanks, fighters, drones, electronic jams and hypersonic missiles, as delineated by the Chinese Defense Ministry.
He also conducts a review of the troops that should participate in 45 formations intended for the design of the country’s military force.
The parade offers a window in how China and the ruling Communist Party work.
“On the TV, the party authorities want the public to see the party in control,” Mingzner explained. “They worry that China has dissatisfied people and something can go wrong. They want at all costs to prevent it.
