Trump criticises victory day event as China caps off week of diplomatic grandstanding seen as rebuke to the west

Xi Jinping said the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held China’s largest-ever military parade, joined by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in a show of defiance to the west.

Putin and Kim, the authoritarian leaders of Russia and North Korea, were among dozens of world leaders who attended the parade, a massive display of military hardware and personnel, orchestrated to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, which China calls the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

“Today, humanity is again faced with the choice of peace or war, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum,” Xi told the crowd of more than 50,000 spectators, adding that the Chinese people “firmly stand on the right side of history”.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    382·
    19 hours ago

    When an authoritarian offers “peace” they mean “everyone lets me do what I want”…

    That’s not peace, it’s waging war on their own citizens and usually a couple neighboring countries.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      292·
      19 hours ago

      Nothing is more peace than:

      • a military parade showing of weapons capable of ending the world
      • having a guy who has started and still cotinues the biggest war of 21st century
      • having another guy who runs the most brutal and isolated country in the world who’s also contributing to the said war

      It’s just blatantly giving

      War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    112·
    17 hours ago

    They are whiny babies who don’t even trust each other. They want their way with everything and not getting it is a crime to them.

    There is true evil in this universe.

    Those that do not value the life of other intelligent beings as though they were themselves are in this category.

  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
    92·
    17 hours ago

    Hmm yes, nothing more pieceful than having 3 ruthless leader standing side by side. Let us have piece.