Xi attends the ceremony with other leaders

Updated: 2015-09-03 12:41 Comments

Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) talks with former president Jiang Zemin (R) next to Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd L) and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye on the Tian'anmen Gate, at the beginning of the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, Sept 3, 2015. [Agencies]

Facts you need to know

It was the first time that Xi Jinping had observed troops as the country's top leader and delivered a speech atop the Tian'anmen Rostrum.

Xi announced China will cut the number of the country's troops by 300,000, the fourth military cut since the reform and opening-up in 1978.

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