Parade reveals China's weaknesses
Significance Western leaders, most notably those of the United States and Japan, declined to participate. Impacts Xi intends the parade to demonstrate his dominance of the political scene, though this is not its main purpose. China's military is revealed as strong on manpower and weaker on sophisticated hardware; Xi's reforms seek to address this. Seoul will use President Park Geun-hye's participation to press China to constrain North Korea's military provocations.
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