September 4, 2025
| Ryan Brobst, Jack Burnham, Bradley Bowman
China’s Military Parade Showcases Advanced Weapons and Growing Ties With Russia, Iran, and North Korea
Tiananmen Square shuddered as advanced Chinese military hardware rolled past the leaders of the Axis of Aggressors — Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. Wednesday’s parade, attended by about two dozen foreign leaders, was intended to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II — despite the limited role the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) played in that conflict.