This week has been one big victory lap for Xi Jinping: A meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in China for the first time since 2018. Photos with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

Russia will help China overtake the United States as the world's biggest producer of nuclear power, the chief of Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation said in comments broadcast on state TV on Wednesday after talks in Beijing.

More than two dozen world leaders were expected to attend the parade as China displays some of its newest and most advanced weapons.

BEIJING -- China showcased its military might in a parade Wednesday marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II as it seeks to wield greater influence on the global stage.

Eight decades after the end of World War II, China’s Communist Party is still battling for recognition of its role in securing victory and its claims to the territorial spoils.

The NMESIS anti-ship missile system boost protection at critical waterways, the U.S. Marine Corps said, following its deployment on Okinawa.

China marked 80 years of WWII victory with a grand military parade at Tiananmen Square, showcasing new-generation tanks, hypersonic missiles, nuclear triad systems, drones, and advanced defence platforms,

At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined.