Military personnel take part in a military parade on Wednesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping oversaw a massive parade of his country’s armed forces in Beijing on Wednesday, as China marked 80 years since the end of World War II with a grand display of military might.

Flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Mr. Xi gave a speech from the Gate of Heavenly Peace overlooking Tiananmen Square, in which he said China’s path to national rejuvenation was “irresistible.”

Noting the country’s sacrifice during World War II, when China was devastated by Japanese invasion and occupation, Mr. Xi said that “faced with struggles between good and evil, progress and reaction, the Chinese people ra

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