On September 3, China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Victory over Japan in World War II in a large military parade in Beijing on Tiananmen Square, which was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, President of Belarusian Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and other heads of state. The Western leaders and Prime Minister of Japan refused to come to Beijing.
The People’s Liberation Army of China is today the largest army in the world-in its ranks 2 million 300 thousand military personnel. China also has the second largest defense budget after the United States. More than 12 thousand military personnel, 200 aircraft, as well as tanks and missiles, representing, according to the Chinese sides, participated in the Beijing Parade. Show more To curtail