Today is a special national holiday in China marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The most notable set of events today included a military parade in Beijing with the official title “Commemoration of 70th Anniversary of Victory of Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War”. I didn't watch the parade. Instead, I kept up to date using Twitter. The Great Firewall blocks the service in China, but there are still ways to access it, including through use of a VPN. I am not sure which methods are preferred by official Chinese news services such as Xinhua and People's Daily, but they, like many others, tweeted comments, images, and links regarding the parade.
Below are 22 tweets which offer various perspectives, some including humor, on a parade difficult to fully characterize (images may not appear if viewing this post through some RSS readers). The tweets aren't intended to be representative of all peoples' viewpoints, even just on Twitter, but together they tell a story. What that story is will depend on your own viewpoints.
Below are 22 tweets which offer various perspectives, some including humor, on a parade difficult to fully characterize (images may not appear if viewing this post through some RSS readers). The tweets aren't intended to be representative of all peoples' viewpoints, even just on Twitter, but together they tell a story. What that story is will depend on your own viewpoints.
Tanks rolling into Tiananmen pic.twitter.com/IokDotmPXx
— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) September 3, 2015
"Don't breathe this." pic.twitter.com/kw1lKu8VI3
— Alan Wong (@alanwongw) September 3, 2015
#VDay Highlights: PLA female soldiers of the guard of honor of the three services pic.twitter.com/8BwnsT79I0
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) September 3, 2015
WW2 parade begins with traditional symbols of peace and anti-fascism pic.twitter.com/HcuUD1zbRf
— China Daily Show (@chinadailyshow) September 3, 2015
Nukes "a sheild for national sovereignty and national dignity" pic.twitter.com/jtnBIHiDus
— Erik Crouch (@erikcrouch) September 3, 2015
OK, I confess: I turn back to Victory Parade, and they’re showing “Now the second formation of NUCLEAR MISSILES.” Do we do this even in US?
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) September 3, 2015
Also, my gay Chinese friends are loving the colorful fighter jet display and keep sharing this: pic.twitter.com/Nzwuc9fy7t
— Katharin (@Whitey_chan) September 3, 2015
From the Beijing home. pic.twitter.com/I2g5g7A9TO
— XQ (@MissXQ) September 3, 2015
Mao's grandson taking much more relaxed approach to #VDay than Chairman Xi pic.twitter.com/rfAeSkTaYO
— Robert Foyle Hunwick (@MrRFH) September 3, 2015
Snapshots of foreign troops in China's #VDay parade. Which country starts its name with "V"? #Vanuatu, #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/Xmke4KVFN7
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) September 3, 2015
— Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) September 3, 2015
The much less reported Taiwan defeat of fascism in China parade with a lot of veterans http://t.co/eeUTBoxEmD pic.twitter.com/15WBCo9nPg
— China Rhyming (@chinarhyming) September 2, 2015
Xi and wife Peng Liyuan greet Sudanese President Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court. pic.twitter.com/aVLSFQs3gs
— Chris Buckley 储百亮 (@ChuBailiang) September 3, 2015
so basically: china is throwing a big party for winning a war it didn't win. and the most notable guest is an international criminal.
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) September 3, 2015
Oops. Just warned by building security that snipers saw us pop open the door to snap this photo at #China parade. pic.twitter.com/kSeoLBDNIH
— Eunice Yoon (@eyoonCNBC) September 3, 2015
By tweaking the pic, I’ll bet this was what China’s leaders thought about the parade’s theme of “peace” @eyoonCNBC pic.twitter.com/govF0KXTzn
— Daniel Lin (@DLin71) September 3, 2015
Xi Jinping: "We love peace"
State TV commenter on parade: "Look at this missile, it can hit Hawaii"
— Benjamin Haas 本雅明 (@haasbenjamin) September 3, 2015
Lots of sniggering about parade here on Twitter but for many Chinese watching, ample pride in knowing China will never again be invaded.
— Kaiser Kuo (@KaiserKuo) September 3, 2015
My Weibo and Wechat feeds full of pride, but also not insignificant amounts of snark about the waste of money etc... https://t.co/Sxgx2190xa
— Jeremy Goldkorn 金玉米 (@goldkorn) September 3, 2015
Even friends who previous complained abt waste of money and inconveniences of life due to military parade are now full of pride
— Offbeat China (@OffbeatChina) September 3, 2015
This is the ultimate demonstration of Xi's power over PLA, and everyone in the PLA understands that. Even if some foreign pundits don't...
— Bill Bishop (@niubi) September 3, 2015
And at the end of all that, the doves of peace. pic.twitter.com/9uTLwbHfuw
— Edward Wong (@comradewong) September 3, 2015
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