Translations: Censored Articles Decry Chinese Schoolchildren Being Used as “Props” in Vladivostok's Victory Day Celebrations

Translations: Censored Articles Decry Chinese Schoolchildren Being Used as “Props” in Vladivostok's Victory Day Celebrations

In early May, well before the respective visits to Beijing of American President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, online controversy erupted over Sputnik news agency footage of Chinese schoolchildren, clad in retro Red Army uniforms, marching in a Vladivostok parade in the run-up to Russia’s May 9 “Victory Day,” which commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII. CDT editors observed unusually stringent censorship of the top…