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Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un at China\u2019s largest-ever military parade. Photo courtesy of Xinhua.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On September 3, 2025, China staged its largest-ever military parade<\/a> to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan\u2019s surrender in World War II. Far from a simple commemoration, the event was a calculated display of power. Beijing used the occasion to showcase its expanding military capabilities and position itself as the leader of a rival order<\/a> to the U.S.-led system<\/a>. Just as significant as the weapons on display was the coalition-building that surrounded the parade.<\/p>\n

The parade followed directly on the heels of the largest-ever Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, held in Tianjin from August 31 to September 1, where Xi hosted more than 20 world leaders. The SCO now counts 10 member states, governing 40 percent of the world\u2019s population, and provided the diplomatic foundation for the parade\u2019s show of unity. Notably, India attended the summit but not the parade.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Xi for the first time in seven years, pledging to improve bilateral ties based on \u201cmutual respect, trust and sensitivities.\u201d His outreach came partly in response to Trump\u2019s 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods. Images of Modi, Xi, and Putin laughing together captured a striking moment of warmth from a leader long courted by Washington as a counterweight to China.<\/p>\n

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At the parade itself, Xi Jinping stood alongside Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un as goose-stepping soldiers filled Tiananmen Square. The message was unmistakable: authoritarian regimes are openly aligned against the United States and its allies. Analysts noted that the event \u201cserved notice that China wants to be seen as a peer to the United States and Russia in strategic deterrence\u201d and highlighted Beijing\u2019s pursuit of \u201cintegrated, multi-domain operations\u201d across space, cyber, and the electromagnetic spectrum.<\/p>\n

For the first time, Xi, Putin, and Kim appeared together in public, joined by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. This lineup embodied what observers call an \u201cAxis of Upheaval,\u201d China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, countries united less by ideology than by their shared opposition to Washington. For Kim Jong Un, it was also a milestone: his first multilateral diplomatic event, where he introduced his teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, signaling dynastic continuity.<\/p>\n

Beyond these headline figures, the parade drew 26 world leaders, reinforcing the sense of an emerging bloc. Attendees included Myanmar\u2019s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, Pakistan\u2019s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Mongolia\u2019s President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, Uzbekistan\u2019s Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Belarus\u2019s Alexander Lukashenko. Southeast Asian leaders such as Vietnam\u2019s Luong Cuong and Malaysia\u2019s Anwar Ibrahim joined as well, alongside figures from Nepal, the Maldives, and Zimbabwe. Their participation signaled a growing willingness among U.S.-aligned or neutral states to lean toward Beijing\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n

Xi used both the SCO summit and the parade to signal an alternative global order. Speaking to the assembled leaders, he declared: \u201cThe house rules of a few countries should not be imposed on others,\u201d a clear rebuke to Washington. He further urged members to \u201coppose the Cold War mentality, block confrontation and bullying practices,\u201d long-standing code for China\u2019s criticism of U.S. policy.<\/p>\n

Economically, Xi called for the creation of a new SCO development bank, pledging 2 billion RMB ($280 million) in grants and another 10 billion RMB ($1.4 billion) in loans. Some members agreed to pursue the bank as part of the bloc\u2019s broader goal of building an alternative payment system to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar.<\/p>\n

Militarily, the alignment is already tangible. Iran and North Korea have supplied Moscow with weapons, and in Pyongyang\u2019s case, troops, while China has provided economic and industrial support for Russia\u2019s war effort. This practical cooperation underlines why Western observers increasingly see these states as an emerging anti-American axis.<\/p>\n

Symbolism reinforced substance: Xi stood flanked by Putin and Kim in a historic show of unity, the first time a North Korean leader had attended a Chinese military parade in 66 years.<\/p>\n

Chatham House assessed that Beijing views the SCO summit and Victory Day parade as platforms to advance its vision of global relations: a world where Western leadership is diminished and non-Western countries shape a multipolar order. Jonathan Czin, a Brookings analyst and former CIA China expert, described the joint attendance of Xi, Putin, Kim, and Pezeshkian as \u201cdisconcerting,\u201d allowing them to present \u201ca facade of partnership.\u201d The optics of unity, even if not backed by deep coordination, amplified their challenge to the United States.<\/p>\n

Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, issued a stark warning:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis week\u2019s spectacle in Beijing, where the world\u2019s foremost dictators are calling for a new world order in front of goose-stepping troops, must be a wake-up call for the United States. We cannot be weak in the face of authoritarian aggression any longer and allow Putin, Xi, and their enablers to plunge the world into yet another era of conflict and war.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump responded on Truth Social with characteristic bluntness: \u201cPlease give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against the United States of America,\u201d though he also reaffirmed his \u201cvery good relationship\u201d with Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n

Western leaders largely stayed away from the parade, with only two European leaders present: Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. Their participation underscored Europe\u2019s divisions, even as the broader West sought to distance itself from Beijing\u2019s show of authoritarian solidarity.<\/p>\n

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