"Thousands of soldiers marching in tight formations, state-of-the-art weapon systems including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), rocket launchers, and battle tanks and above all, Chinese President Xi Jinping projecting power standing in a grandstand above the iconic portrait of the founder of the People's Republic, Mao Zedong, on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. These images are circulating around the world on Wednesday."
"From Europe, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic were present in the Chinese capital. It sends out a clear signal that China wants to dictate the rules in a future world order. "In autocracies, military parades like this are one of the tools used to demonstrate perceived or actual strength," said Eberhard Sandschneider, professor emeritus of political science at the Free University of Berlin and partner at the consulting firm Berlin Global Advisors."
Thousands of soldiers, advanced weaponry including ICBMs, rocket launchers, and tanks paraded in Beijing with President Xi Jinping presiding above Mao's portrait on Tiananmen Square. Twenty-six heads of state from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America attended; European leaders included Vladimir Putin, Robert Fico, and Aleksandar Vucic. The event signaled China's intent to shape rules for a future world order and demonstrated an assertion of power. Experts note that autocracies use military parades to display strength. China is leveraging economic growth to expand international influence, with projections suggesting it could overtake the US economy within 15 years.
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