Chinese President Xi Jinping will oversee a massive military parade through cent...
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping will oversee a massive military parade through central Beijing on Oct. 1 to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Chiang and the remains of his government fled to Taiwan that December after a last stand in southern China failed. Xi has made national renewal a central theme of his administration, wanting the country to become a respected and wealthy member of the international community. This year’s National Day is extra sensitive, as Oct. 1 is also a holiday in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, which has been roiled by mass pro-democracy protests for the past three months.
China has not invited foreign leaders, but foreign ambassadors based in Beijing will attend. Retired Chinese leaders will be on the podium with Xi, perhaps including former president Jiang Zemin, who at 93 is still active behind the scenes. Chinese negotiators are set to head to Washington for trade talks early in the month, and the party will in October hold a key closed-door meeting of its senior leadership - formally called a plenum - though the date has not been set.
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