Beijing’s Victory Day Parade: A Show of Weakness and Propaganda, Not Strength

This post was originally published on here On September 3, an estimated 50,000 spectators, according to the Chinese government, and authoritarian leaders—along with left-wing representatives from U.S. allies, like Australia and South Korea—gathered in Tiananmen Square for a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Imperial Japan’s defeat in World War II. Advertisement Far…