Beijing is preparing for a great military parade

The scene was established in the heart of Beijing for the great manifestation of power and military forces, which was chiropaled by President Xi Jinping.

Eight huge Chinese flags also get the portrait of Mao Zedong, the founder of the Communist China, who is on the top of the Heavenly Peace Gate overlooking the Tiananmen Square, one of the largest public areas in the world.

Below are the ranks of places allocated for 26 foreign rulers, including Russia Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Nn North Korea, the attendance of which is a diplomatic victory for the XI.

Across the road, near the Great Hall of People, two huge floral arrangements, which are celebrated at the end of World War II, rise together with the seats about 50,000 invitations.

On the last day of preparation – Monday – Chang Avenue, a multi -lane road that cut through the square was open for the public again. Drivers and cyclists kept their phones at the top, trying to grab the stage.

The parade allegedly marks the 80 years of Japan’s surrender in the war, and China’s victory against the occupation force. But this is much more than for the XI president.

It’s a great week for him, with pretty much first. It delayed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last weekend, rebooting key economic and strategic relations.

More than 20 world leaders attended the Shanghai Summit (SCO), which has just ended – its largest in history.

And the North Korean leader for the first time since 1959 will take part in the Chinese military parade.

The Chinese leader has its moment in the spotlight.

The SCO summit in Tianjin allowed him to design power and propose a vision of a new world order, which he hopes will dispute the US. Now the attention is being paid to the parade in Beijing, which will demonstrate the increasing ability of his country to compete the US in any conflict.

Leaders of Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Indonesia, Zimbabwe and Central Asia will witness the precise formations of the squad and consider that the authorities say they will be a new hypersonic weapon and unmanned underwater drones. The only Western leaders in the guest list are Serbia and Slovakia.

Kim Jong Un is an unexpected application – his visit was announced only at the end of last week – and his armored train and a regular motorcade, circled by bodyguards, will be added to the spectacle.

It is expected that XI has both whom and Putin on the side, which will inevitably lead to western headlines or analysts that characterize them as “an axis of shocks”.

While the parade is China’s strength and the influence of the SI as a world leader, there is also a clear internal message: honor and patriotism.

China describes the Second War as a “People’s War against Resistance against Japanese Aggression”, although most of the resistance was not from the Communist Party, but from the nationalists who later lost Mao and its strength, and largely purified from national memory.

On the eve of the anniversary, several films were released that reflect this struggle, some of which were rental hits. State media publish reports to “promote the right view of World War II”.

The company caused some friction with Japan. Last week, Beijing protested from Tokyo on the message that Japan had asked for European and Asian governments not to visit the parade.

All this appears to be part of the cohesive cry of the nation when China fights a sluggish economy, youth unemployment and lowering housing prices. Demand is weak and the most recent data suggest that Trump’s tariffs are a factory. And the CD “Anti -Corruption” continues, and reports of investigating high -ranking officials.

There is dissatisfaction, even frustration, especially among young people, and it has been traced, even in a rigid -controlled Chinese Internet.

The fear that it can spread into a real world, in part, is that it drives additional preparations that have become a demonstration of the party’s control over the capital’s house more than 21 million. The city became more quieter when the parade is approaching.

In some entrances, the airport scanners were installed in the office. All drones are prohibited, and international journalists visited at home, some times to make sure they will receive a message.

The guards were placed 24 hours a day at the entrances to smuggle and bridges to prevent any protests, some of them in army form.

Three years ago, when the party elected XI its leader for a historical third term and protesting unfolded a stretch over a large highway bridge Criticing SI and calling for him to disrupt. He was taken away instantly and we still don’t know what happened to him.

But this is the moment when the party does not want to survive.

Representatives of the Communist Party spent months, planning and preparing for their first military parade for six years. More than 200,000 flags were erected throughout the capital.

More flower arrangements that reflect the fight in China with Japan are proudly sitting on outstanding roads and carousels. There is even a new “Lightscape” city to improve buildings in the business area.

Officials from the parade of the committee stated that “the principle is comprehensive … – this is to avoid as much as possible to the public.”

But for those who live in Beijing, the parade turned life.

The tanks could be heard how the streets were swept through the weekly rehearsals at night, and the sounds of the marches were repeated far beyond the parade.

People who live near the Changan Avenue, which leads to Tiananmen Square, ordered their balconies to make sure that rehearsals can be secreted.

Schools, enterprises and hotels on the route parade will be closed over the next two days. There are several road sabotage and the closing of the subway line that effectively paralyzed transport into the city center and abroad.

Even getting a common urban bike, often the best way to bypass Beijing can now be troublesome. Usually, hundreds of them were lined outside the subway stations and along the sidewalks. But recently, urban workers hooked them to move them away from the parade. To try to hire the odd left behind, this is not an option: the bike will not move.

In the past, there have been reports that China used its Air Force to provide a blue sky for parade. The aircraft can manipulate the weather to cause rain through cloud sowing one or two days ahead to make sure it is clear afterwards.

It is difficult to find out if this tactic was used this year, but forecasters predict the exact sky. Beijing officials do not risk the Great President SI.