Taiwan Critical as Beijing Prepares for Mass Military Parade

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Beijing is set to show off its military might in a massive parade attended by a range of world leaders on September 3rd. But officials in Taiwan are not impressed, calling the display a distortion of history and a waste of Chinese taxpayer money.

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00:00Security's tight on the streets of Beijing as the city prepares for a military parade

00:06that has the world's attention, a parade marking 80 years since Japan's surrender

00:10after years of brutal war with China.

00:13The message here is that it was China's ruling Communist Party that got the job of defeating

00:17Japan done.

00:20It's quiet for now, but in just a day, some of China's most advanced weaponry will proceed

00:25down this road, along with more than 10,000 troops, a show of how strong China's military

00:31has become.

00:33Though there are some restrictions on daily life, and not everyone sure they'll get to

00:37see the parade, there's a mood of anticipation on the streets.

00:40It's a little bit of impact.

00:42There's a lot of traffic, and there's a lot of traffic, and there's a lot of traffic.

00:54But it's not a problem.

00:55It's such a big deal.

00:56We should be able to stay in the streets.

01:01I haven't seen it, but I haven't seen it.

01:02Because I feel like, in the past, I've been a bit concerned about that.

01:05I feel like we can't go to the streets.

01:08But I really want to go.

01:09I want to go to the streets and see it.

01:13Those who will definitely get to see the display include a range of invited world leaders.

01:19These include African leaders, like Zimbabwean President Emerson Menangagwa, who are being welcomed

01:24in style.

01:25As well as some VIPs who find common cause with China's challenge to the United States

01:30and its push for a multipolar world.

01:33Kim Jong-un is on the way from North Korea in his armored train.

01:37And Russia's Vladimir Putin, fresh from a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, will

01:41be there too.

01:43One place watching the parade especially closely is Taiwan.

01:47China claims Taiwan, and says it won't rule out using force to take it.

01:51But Taiwan sees itself as sovereign, using the official name the Republic of China, or ROC.

01:57While the parade will show off China's latest military tech, the reaction to the event in

02:01Taipei is as critical as it is cautious.

02:06Officials in charge of China Tai say the idea the Chinese Communist Party beat Japan is a distortion

02:11of history.

02:13Most of the fighting was carried out by the ROC's nationalist forces.

02:16And that the Chinese Communists, that later pushed them to Taiwan, only used the conflict

02:21with Japan to strengthen themselves.

02:23Then, as Taiwan's Deputy Minister in charge of China Tai says, there's the issue of the

02:29bill for the parade.

02:30And who will end up footing it?

02:32Today, on January 1, it is the day of China.

02:36There are a lot of small businesses and employees who don't have this loan.

02:42They want to spend over 1,500 million台币 to perform a military campaign.

02:47But they don't forget the current economy, labor, and society issues.

02:52They want to make sure that the Chinese people encounter this situation, they will be happy.

02:58Whatever people's true feelings, the spotlight is coming to Beijing Wednesday.

03:02The decorations are set, the stands ready, and even from the rehearsals, the message is

03:07clear.

03:08China has arrived as a global military power.

03:11The question now is how rivals like the United States, and those in Beijing's crosshairs like

03:15Taiwan, adapt.

03:17Luffy Lee and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.

03:22You get to the viewers like your China.

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