• Putin, Kim, Shehbaz, Pezeshkian among world leaders who presence a massive parade in Tiananmen Square
• ‘hot mic’ catches Xi and Putin discussing biotechnology, the prospects of prolonging human life
• PM meets Chinese businessmen, travel the Anzhen de Beijing hospital
Beijing: President Xi Jinping warned that the world faced an election between peace or war, since China showed its military arsenal in a massive parade on Wednesday.
“Today, humanity faces the choice of peace or war, dialogue or confrontation.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was also present, along with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and a large number of other world leaders.
The event to mark 80 years since the defeat of Japan at the end of World War II was designed to project the military and diplomatic influence of China.
He managed to obtain an increase in the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who wrote an acidic publication in his real social platform.
“Please give my warmer greetings to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, while conspiring against the United States of America,” Trump added.
The Kremlin said that Putin was not conspiring against the United States and suggested that Trump was being ironic in his comments.
Military hardware and a ‘hot microphone’
With an open limousine, XI inspected the troops and the avant -garde military teams, such as hypersonic missiles, submarine drones and an armed robot ‘wolf.
The helicopters that followed large banners and combat planes flew in formation during a 70 -minute showcase that culminated in the launch of 80,000 birds ‘Paz’.
The new submarine drones and supersonic missiles are among display gears, as well as ICBM.
With a tunic suit in the style used by former leader Mao Zedong, XI before greeted more than 25 leaders on the red carpet, including Pabowo Subianto de Indonesia, who made a surprise appearance despite the generalized protests at home.
Sitting between Putin and Kim in the visualization gallery during the parade, XI participated repeatedly in conversations with both leaders as thousands of troops and material passed before them. He marked the first time the trio appeared together in public. In a luxurious reception after the parade in the great hall of the people, XI told his guests that humanity should not return to the “Jungle Law.”
Previously, when the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, walked through the shoulder with his shoulder with Chinese president Xi Jinping, a hot microphone caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live up to 150 years.
The moment was taken to the live broadcast provided by the state station CCTV.
While Putin and XI walked towards Tiananmen’s face, where they saw the parade with Kim, the Putin translator could be heard in Chino: “Biotechnology is continually developing.”
The translator added, after an inaudible passage: “Human organs can be continuously transplanted. The more alive, the younger it will become (it can (can) even achieve immortality.”
In response, XI can be heard, who was out of the camera, responding in Chinese: “Some predict that in this century humans can live up to 150 years.”
Kim was smiling and looking in the direction of Putin and Xi, but it was not clear if the conversation was being translated for him.
PM Shehbaz’s schedule
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz visited the Anzhen de Beijing hospital and ordered the Interior Minister, Mohsin Naqvi, to establish a simple, robust and sustainable infrastructure in hospitals under the construction of Islamabad, including Jinnah’s medical complex, to deliver high quality medical facilities, modeled on Chinese levels.
He also celebrated a series of high -level meetings with senior executives of China’s main companies in Beijing to boost business to company to company (B2B) between the two countries.
The prime minister emphasized that industrial cooperation remains the cornerstone of the economic cooperation of Pakistan-China and a defining pillar of the high quality development of the China-Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC) as it enters its second phase.
He invited Chinese companies to consider Pakistan as their preferred investment destination, particularly to relocate industries in special economic zones.
Syed Irfan Race in Islamabad also contributed to this report
Posted in Dawn, September 4, 2025
