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China's "Historic" 70th Victory Day Parade: Live Webcast
For those wondering why Chinese futures aren't crashing as of this moment, only to surge in the last hour of trading like plunge protected clockwork, the reason (and also the patriotic alibi behind China's "National Team" valiant, if failed, attempts to get a green Shanghai Composite close the past three days) is shown below: this is what Tiananmen Square looked like moments ago before the start of China's "historic" 70th V-day parade celebrating the anniversary of the end of the second world war as well as China's victory over Japan, not necessarily in that order (it is still unclear if those five Chinese ships parked off of Alaska are in any way related to today's festivities).
Here, via Xinhua, is a list of China's contributions in the war effort:
- 1 million -- Since the July 7 Incident in 1937, when full-scale war against Japanese aggression broke out, the Chinese battlefield tied up about 1 million Japanese troops, or two thirds of the total Japanese army.
- This allowed the Soviet Union to deploy more than half a million troops from the Far East to the country's major battlefield with the German Nazis, thus accelerating its victory against Germany.
- 1.5 million -- As the major battlefield of the Pacific War, China inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese aggressors, costing them 1.5 million troops, which makes up more than 70 percent of total Japanese military casualties in the war.
- 1.28 million -- After the war, more than 1.28 million Japanese troops surrendered their weapons to China, accounting for about 50 percent of those who surrendered overseas.
- 35 million -- China was one of the crucial fighters in WWII and made tremendous sacrifices during the war. According to incomplete statistics, Chinese military and civilian casualties added up to approximately 35 million.
- That accounts for one third of the total casualties suffered by all countries during WWII.
What makes this year's parade unique is that for the first time in addition to the countless participants from the People's Liberation Army, nearly 1000 troops from 17 countries will participate in the parade.
The preparations started early as this video of downtown Beijing confirms. Alternatively, this is what China's capital will look like once the SHCOMP is back to 2000:
China's #VDay parade military vehicles move to downtown Beijing. pic.twitter.com/Px67g3bJoJ
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2015
Then the troops starting arriving:
Video: Troops gather near Tian'anmen Square, ready for China #Vday parade that marks 70th anniv of WWII end pic.twitter.com/3DeEcNXJvQ
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2015
Troops are all lined up along Chang'an Street in #Beijing, all prepared for the grand #VDay parade. pic.twitter.com/EwC2dFCxS2
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) September 2, 2015
All Set to Go: Troops are standing by near #Tiananmen Square for the kick off of the #VDay parade. pic.twitter.com/K7TWIPnfpm
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) September 2, 2015
... then the foreign soldiers:
Replay: Foreign soldiers from 17 countries train in Beijing for today’s #VDay parade http://t.co/AfkAauzNfV pic.twitter.com/5GMS6GZbsU
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2015
... and the people:
Audience are arriving at the scene for the grand #VDay military parade, which is starting in an hour and a half. pic.twitter.com/W8LAyKJS0L
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) September 3, 2015
... the occasional celebrity:
Kungfu star @EyeOfJackieChan is seen at the scene of #Beijing #Vday military parade among other spectators pic.twitter.com/xhU1Eh4uLd
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2015
... then the generals:
Chinese troops and foreign military are preparing for the kick off of the #VDay parade in #Beijing. pic.twitter.com/yHOkjm9mBi
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) September 3, 2015
Until finally Xi himself showed up:
#VDay President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan take photo with heads of foreign delegations and their spouses. pic.twitter.com/U9r2IRDwBm
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) September 3, 2015
Chinese President #XiJinping and his wife welcome S. Korean President #ParkGeun-hye ahead of #VDay parade. pic.twitter.com/tcRwpCV9p6
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2015
And, naturally, the guests of honor among which none other than Vladimir Putin:
Live: President #XiJinping & first lady Peng Liyuan greet #Putin ahead of China's #VDay parade @KremlinRussia_E pic.twitter.com/5lifr4SU7H
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2015
Finally, for those sitting in front of their computer in Chinese stock market rollercoaster withdrawal, here is a live feed from Beijing to fill the transitory void in your lives:
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This massive military demonstration was choreographed by General Wei Bang Pow
I thought Bejing was perpetually smogged in?
They might have shut the factories down and banned traffic there a month ago.
Hmm.. I wonder if that could possibly affect their economy somehow.
Flied lice and cilcus!
Goosesteppin' just never goes out of style
I wonder if their feet hurt at night?
Pentagon making a phone call...
Mr. President, we need a lot more money for Arms.
I imagine there are many teary-eyed thanks from their fellow countrymen for securing their freedom. These types of displays always make me think of people crying tears of gratitude for the likes of Kim Jong-Un.
Is the world supposed to fear them? Even their economy is a load of crap. Their guns are probably made out of rice and cardboard. Big deal.
troll
If they fight like they march....scary.
Marching.
That's the way to teach conscripts discipline.
A disciplined army is the best army.
Quality of weapons and number of soldiers being equal.
Well, the peep's now have their "marching" orders for Monday, buy government owned stawks!!!
Backed by bayonets ; -)
Hilarious!!!
Did he invite the Japanese ambassador to the festivities?
Yes, he declined.
Hey...With 1,330,000,000 in population....wow! And all coodinated by We-Fookem -Young
Is there a fly over by some p 40 war hawks ?
I will watch this live in a few years when the People's Liberation Army marches its troops and vehicles down Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. After Goldman Sachs sells out the USA.
Heh .. notice everyone being careful to not step in front of Putin as he was walking next to the CH Prez? Those two men had all the room they wanted :p
Is the chick in the orange pantsuit related to Hillary?
Just waiting for more "explosions" to mark the beginning of the parade ...
Then look for PBoC to dump about 100B USTr per day over the next week. How does one say in Mandarin " try it and I will put your dick through the ringer " ?
Xi's mentioned " Japanese aggressors / invaders " half a dozen times in the first 5 minutes.
Somewhere Abe's head has exploded.
please read some books about how the Jap's treated the Chinese, and then come back!
losing one's head by exploding is no different than beheading
please read...[?]
"On the eve of WWII parade, Xi slams 'fiendish' Japanese invaders" 9/2/15
http://atimes.com/2015/09/on-eve-of-ww-ii-parade-xi-slams-fiendish-japanese-invaders/
'break on through'(to the other side) the doors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BIjCw2_Uik
How does what I wrote make you understand that I said the Chinese weren't victims?
Not even Poe's law can excuse your comprehension skills
Gotta love that commie pinko fag carpet the CH prez is standing on while he gives his speech.....
Thin audience....looks bored too...
General Fang Ban Dong and General Bing Tang Bling are our hosts....
Ok - finally - the marching soldiers!
All of this shit just so folks can buy a cheaper I-Phone.
Fuck You Apple.
i was hoping to see shots of dead short sellers after being run over by tanks
Blankfein would have paid someone to take his place.
China is lucky that the Japanese surrendered to the US before the Soviets had actually entered the war against Japan. FDR promised Stalin some choice land and ports on the coast in exchange for joing the war. Lucky for the Chinese, Stalin renegged on pretty much everything agreed on at the Yalta conference, forcing Truman's hand.
A good part of northern China would be Russian territory if the Japanese hadn't ended the war when they did.
stop Bogarting that shit.
"China is lucky that the Japanese surrendered to the US before the Soviets had actually entered the war against Japan."
Japan didn't surrender before the Soviets entered the war.
Rather, Japan surrendered because the Soviets had entered the war.
Check your dates and your history.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/30/the-bomb-didnt-beat-japan-stalin-did/
Lea, I hope you do realize that I am not the only one that sees this very interesting article you have linked, while using a refreshing "unorthodox" view...
... as part and parcel of a new thrust to clean the name of Stalin and to make his words and deed more palatable again, together with efforts to highlight (rightly, imho) the gigantic effort that the Soviet Union put into the second world war
yes, the meme of "we surrender because of the new technology, the nuclear bomb" was embraced, fully, by the Japanese government, because it gave an easy explanation for a lot of thorny questions
yes, the Soviets "entering the war" (more: likely to engage soon in serious operations against Japan) was an additional reason, and a powerful one
but as the article itself highlights, the Japanese government wanted to end the war anyway
the only open questions were terms, with the Americans asking for this unprecedented, newfangled thing of them: unconditional surrender
so we could argue that they would have sought peace anyway, even without nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki and even without the Soviet Union looming over the horizon
Uncle Joe Stalin: the last man on earth I would have expected anybody would try to rehabilitate, and yet, there we are
"while using a refreshing "unorthodox" view..."
I'm not using an "unorthodox" view, refreshing or other. Duo's dates were wrong. Japan surrendered after the Soviets got in.
That's history.
They (the Soviet Union) agreed to join the war and had some materiel in position, but didn't attack until the morning of August 9. Stalin had to decide whether to keep raping/dismantling Eastern Europe or move his armies East to take on Japan (which would have taken months). Stalin had promised Truman they would attack in mid-September when enough troops were in place, and made a token attack after Hiroshima to try to grab some territory.
True, Japan had asked the Soviets to broker a peace deal, with conditions, with the US, which was turned down.
The Soviets declaring war and actually fighting on the Asian front are two different things. I hope historians can dig up documents from imperial Japan about discussions whether it was wise to surrender to the "Allies" and end up like Germany, or to the Americans alone.
Where's Kim Jong?
I sure hope nobody in the U.S. has delusions that we're going to be able to put China down like we did Japan.
Those days are long gone, by 40 years at least. Same for Russia, though Germany failed in WWII so...
Napoleon as well.
Remember , Winter is their only reliable allies.
And it shows up like clockwork
I wonder if we'll see the new My Dong Walla Walla Bing Bang DF-21 Stiffie carrier-killer missile that China will use on US Carriers? It's a ballistic maneuverable reentry vehicle that travels at Mach 10. China can build 1,200 of them for the cost of one carrier. FT.com says it's changing the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region.
These puppies will render all their missiles mute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uV1SbEuzFU
They can build 1200 of them, but getting ready to launch even one could pose a serious problem as we pre empt.
Just show all those babes in uniform. Forget the rest.
The air looks strangely breathable, also I have seen a couple pics now where Xi has bright colored orbs around his head either the sun hits him just right or he has big Chi. Obama doesn't have big Chi he has big wookie.
https://www.google.com/search?q=picture+of+obama+with+halo&biw=1274&bih=...
The Chinese people suffered horribly as a result of Japanese rapacity but it would be wrong to imply that Chinese efforts had any but the most tangential effect on the outcome of the Pacific War or of Russia's war against Germany in Europe.
Japan had a special 600,000-man army group (to use western terminology) known as the Kwantung Army especially sited in Manchuria to fight Russia. Yet an undeclared war in 1939 at Khalkin Gol resulted in such a beating for Japan that they had no appetite for a return bout with the Soviet Union unless and until Germany won on the other side of the world.
Yet the Siberian armies remained pinned in the Far East until Dr. Richard Sorge, allegedly a Nazi journalist but actually a Soviet agent, discovered the truth about Japan's hesitation to stab Russia in the back-- a deed for which he was eventually awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union". Siberian troops were shifted west and the Germans beaten back from the suburbs of Moscow. Chinese armies, busy mostly fighting each other in the unoccupied areas remaining to them while Japanese garrisons looted and raped and murdered to their heart's content, had zero impact on this strategically significant shift.
Like it or not, this was a war between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy. So long as the IJN controlled the seas, the war went well. Once the Americans recovered from the shock and loss of the early period of Japanese expansion, Japan was doomed to defeat and campaigns in China were nothing but a backwater event so far as the actual outcome of hostilities was concerned.
I'm glad that someone remembers what evil regimes the Axis powers were and rejoices in their downfall. Too bad it isn't the government of the US.
Ding Hao (Work Together) was once the watch phrase of the Flying Tigers-- American pilots and ground crews who volunteered to help China fight Japan prior to Pearl Harbor.
Japan was brutal, no question. Then again, Asia in general has a rich (recent) history of hideous, fiendish treatment of enemies. Certainly, the Communists did their share in bloodletting once they had power.
And while Germany was pretty harsh, I don't think they were outdone by the Soviets.
Historically speaking, as you point out, China's armies were not the major factor in defeating Japan. But is that what this parade is really speaking to? Of course not- they are all to happy to show off some legitimate strength.
It is no coincidence that the day of the parade, they also deployed five ships to the Alaskan coast. This entire thing is screaming, 'Yankee, take notice: We can direct things in Asia going forward.'
This is quite a show, I have to admit. I cannot imagine something like this being pulled off in the US, let alone with the foreign honor guards.
I'm afraid our time as the world superpower is about over. For too long we have relied on scheming, scamming, lies, greed, etc. And now the hot thing is to act like 'gender queer' and homosexualism are the most crucial elements to a society.
Looks to me the world is ready for a realignment in the power structure.
Two great posts.
The world today is built on Financial Empires (admittedly a keyhole view on my part) and although endless interesting , the conflicts of the Twentieth century cannot predict the conflicts of the Twenty first century with any accuracy.
However the pogroms and genocides of the Nineteenth century are a different story..
I am working to flesh out this brash business a bit more fully.
Pearl Harbor was a crime, inflicted on 2,000 dead American service men by Roosevelt. Yes, the Japanese did their part, but it was the highest levels of DC that moved the aircraft carriers out of the way, failed to pass on intel warning of an attack, failed to pass on early morning destruction of Japanese mini-sub, etc. What was that that Kissenger said about military men?
@conscious being had they done a preemptive strike you would be bitching on Zerohedge right now about the US's senseless act of aggression against the Japs. And before anyone mentions the US sanctions against Japan, they were a response to the Japanese raping of China.
The Communist Party of China carried on a huge guerilla campaign against the Japanese invasion. It started well before the U.S.-Japan war. The Kwantung Army (minimally 600,000 troops, figures vary) was tied up in China. That was a huge factor in Japan's defeat. Meanwhile the Chinese government army of Chiang Kai-Shek twiddled its thumbs. The contrast between Communist resistance and Chiang's passivity was one of the main reasons the people supported the Communists in the civil war that followed WW II, and brought the Communists to power in 1949.
So long as Mao led them the Communists really were Communists, btw. That's why capitalists hate him and people love him.
Oh yes, Stalin: everything the United States Ministry of Truth says about Stalin is wrong. The only reason a Ministry of Truth is needed - and the U.S. has the world's worst - is to tell lies.
So didn't Barry and Canada's PM attend? Too busy playing golf with Reggie?
vicoty of jews trough communist enslavery of asian people
they are celebrating their own slavery
Did you see that cutie on the trumpet; she has quite an embouchure.
I wonder if they'll let off a few fireworks. Maybe Tianjin was just a trial run for the real thing.
victory for the oligarchy! YAAAH
O/T Something everyone in the ZH circle should be aware of, especially as increasingly the SHTF--suggest reading the entire crazy scary article:
"women criminals are using new trick of blowing drug powder in victim's faces, leaving them like zombie's who'll do ANYTHING
A gang suspected of using a powerful Colombian drug has been arrested
The women were blowing the powder into the faces' of their victims in Paris
Known as Devil's Breath, the drug puts its victims into a compliant trance
It was used by the CIA as a truth serum and the Nazis in cruel experiments"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3220379/The-danger-Devil-s-Breat...
Thanks for the tip I will add this to my collection of rapies ( ; The drug is authentic but the way they are tying it to the Chinese sounds a bit odd. Chinese gangs getting a super spooky drug from Columbians and using it on unsuspecting Europeans is the part where it grows iffy.
"Known as Devil's Breath, the drug puts its victims into a compliant trance
It was used by the CIA as a truth serum and the Nazis in cruel experiments"
It's called scopolamine, it's extracted from the tree called Brugmansia, it's a kind of datura and it's as old as the hills.
I've checked the story. It was a gang of two Chinese women attacking only other Asians, generally elderly people. They enticed their victims with the supposed curative powers of the powder they used, so the gullible victims, all believers in the powers of Chinese medicine, were lulled into absorbing it willingly. Which is ugly enough, but thankfully, the two woman have been caught.
The Daily Mail story has been embellished for you gullible and unsuspecting readers (also called suckers) to believe in Zee Return Of Fu Manchu, Zee Chinese Nasty Crool Evil Genius With the Demonic Laughter Who Attacks Whiteys.
BTW, there are lines of 'Murikans and other gullible Westerners going to the South American jungles to swallow a mixture of scopolamine and ayahuasca in the belief they'll see Zee Secrets of Zee Universe. Same scam. The only thing they truly ever see is the bottom of their wallet.
The figures in the article regarding japanese troops don't add up at all.
I like XiJinPing's righteous indignation about Japan refusing to apologize for its war attrocities, but that he fails to mention he is standing in the same place that his party crushed a student protest back in 89(?).
Hypocrisy is common in all cultures.
are you refering to Kent State?
The Russians soldiers look 14 years old. So frigg'n young!
V. Putin is the guest of honour - standing to the right of Xi Jinping during the entire military parade.
Hope no engine parts hit anyone.
That's lots of moola right there.
Uai!
No saw no Latin, blond black or fat in the parade!
Anyone out there seen a gay Chinese?
Certainly not the US Army.
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
I'll tell you something for you ...
China and Russia need military.
Brazil does not.
When a foreigner comes to Brazil, from north to south, we speak the same language.
If the guy falls by plane or ship comes, not speak slang, she dies.
From north to south, east to west, 4.500Km either way the guy is screwed.
hehe.
O que a foda?
Interesting that Kissinger's view is being aired by CNTV. WTH, is there no corner of the globe that is safe from that bastard?
That kike should have suicided decades ago. The
world would now have been a much better place without that POS.
The world is getting smaller for citizens of the United States of America.
The hegemony is over.
Israelis will the same, make no mistake.
The rest of the world is fed up.
hehe.
Symbolic. Flashing to US the China-Russia Axis and that it will not be pushed around thru Proxy Japan. Marshaling the People is not a gimmick and do not underestimate the sacrifices that the Chinese can endure. Take them seriously on where they have drawn the red lines. Sadly, it is resonating wuth the People.
A better flick than a ZH article
The author of this Faux article, who has all the sarcasm of a girl scout, would have the urbane ZH reader believe that the reason that Shanghai Composite went from 2235 in October 2014 to 5166 in June 2015 was because suddenly, out of nowhere, 40 million farmers and noodle shop proprietors all ran down to their local Merrirr Rynch and opened margin accounts. Then they all bought stock on margin and sent the total margin debt from a mere 500 billion yuan to almost 2.5 trillion yuan in 6 months.
And then when these farmers and dumpling makers saw what they had done, they sold out like too much kung pau.
The other version of this story, which our esteemed author won't even mention in a footnote, is that China changed it's rules in November 2014, which is also coincident with the explosion of the Shanghai Composite and the increase in margin debt:
What does this Goldman Sachs report have to say?
http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/pages/stock-connect/report.pdf
If the government makes a law allowing Goldman Sachs to carry a gun and then Goldman Sachs robs you blind, who's to blame?
Has anyone else noticed how calm the overnight markets are with China closed? Is this deliberate on the part of BoJ nd ECB, or has China ben venting their hedges through e-minis overnight? (sure, they have) /sarc)
oops. spoke too soon. Here's the delicate touch of the EB. lol. Stomp stomp stomp. BUy buy buy.
Even Marc Faber has started to mutter: tick tock. tick tock. living inside a broken clock.
Maoist China: One of the greatest mass murders of a country's own citizenry, zio-sponsored of course via the bolshevik wing of the joos.
"Maoist China: One of the greatest mass murders of a country's own citizenry, zio-sponsored of course via the bolshevik wing of the joos."
Do you 'Murikans ever do your homework before you speak?
Mao was a bitter enemy of the USSR.
https://www.marxists.org/subject/stalinism/origins-future/ch3-1.htm
Utter nonsense. They were both sponsored by the same entity, with the same agenda. Population re-engineering and mass slaughter. Both verifiable facts. Both transferred the great wealth of old line family systems into the hands of Rothschild agents, leaving the countries broke and starving. Again, all verifiable fact.
ya ya ya
communism has no sympathy for human rights
you are a piece of material belonging to the state
you are expendable
that is communism
stop the zio bs
Who created communism ace? The joos. Fact. Now go back to watching teevee.
If you dont count the genocide of American Indians by American Europeans ? Mirror anyone?
those carrier destroyer missiles are not just for show
when the time is right they will use them
we are watching the decay on live tv
soon enough the hammer will come
your financial schemes ......pooooof