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In Taiwan, competing narratives over the meaning of China’s massive military show
Taiwan's president warns of heightened security threats from China's daily military activities near the island, emphasizing risks to democracy and freedom, officials said.
- China held a large military parade on September 3, 2025, in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of World War II's end.
- The parade followed decades of Chinese Communist Party rule and increasing tensions with Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory.
- Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te condemned China's military threats and cognitive warfare, while former KMT chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu attended the parade despite Taiwan's government urging citizens not to go.
- Analysts noted the parade demonstrated China's military power, but many in Taiwan saw it mainly as a ceremony, reflecting desensitization to the ongoing threat.
- The event reinforced Taiwan's alertness to Beijing's intimidation and underscored persistent rivalry over historical narratives and regional security.
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In Taiwan, competing narratives over the meaning of China's massive military show
Taiwan's government sees a massive military parade in Beijing commemorating the end of World War II as another example of military intimidation of the island that China claims as its own.
On China's parade day, Taiwan says it does not mark peace with gun barrel
Taiwan does not commemorate peace with the barrel of a gun, President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday, delivering veiled criticism of Chinese President Xi Jinping's military parade in Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War Two.
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