China Gets Ready For Its Big Military Parade Commemorating The End Of The Second World War

New York Times:  Beijing Turns Into Ghost Town as It Gears Up for Military Parade

BEIJING — The police and paramilitary units fanned out in streets across central Beijing on Wednesday, shutting down the heart of this world capital in preparation for a parade of some 12,000 Chinese troops called by President Xi Jinping to showcase the nation’s rising might for a global audience.

The Communist Party has spent months planning for the parade, which is scheduled to start Thursday morning, and calls it a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. But to many outside observers, it is more a symbol of the assertive posture China has taken in the region as territorial disputes have flared, prompting the United States to underline its military dominance of Asian seas.

WNU Editor: The New York Times will be live blogging the event (starting at 19:30 EST Wednesday) ... the link is here. The above video link is a live feed from CCTV (China State Television).

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