The Chinese Communist Party plans Tuesday to put on the largest military parade in the 70-year history of the People’s Republic of China, wheeling out new hardware designed to show the country’s advances under the leadership of Xi Jinping.
The party is marking the 70th anniversary of its establishment of the state, an important milestone because the PRC has now outlasted the Soviet Union, which endured for 69 years.
But it comes at a time of intense pressure on the party’s leadership.Read More…