BEIJING: China celebrated its growing power and confidence with a big display of military hardware and goose-stepping troops in Beijing yesterday, overseen by President Xi Jinping who pledged peaceful development on China’s 70th birthday.
The event is the country’s most important of the year as it looks to project its assurance in the face of mounting challenges, including nearly four months of anti-government protests in Hong Kong and an economy-sapping trade war with the United States.
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