China displays impressive WWII Victory Parade

An impressive military parade was held in the Chinese capital Beijing to commemorate the victory over Japan of WWII. Among many dignitaries, Russia's Vladimir Putin was prominently seen.

The parade was held at the famous Tiananmen Square and besides impressive display of goose-stepping soldiers of combat units, the parade also included , a stream of tanks, ballistic missiles, drones.

Chinese president Xi called the parade a demonstration of China's devotion to peace.

"In the interest of peace, China will remain committed to peaceful development. We Chinese love peace. No matter how much stronger it may become, China will never seek hegemony or expansion," said the Chinese president.

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Source | Photo: AP

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Clinton's China Visit Produces No Breakthrough

Talks between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chinese leaders Wednesday failed to narrow gaps on how to end the crisis in Syria and how to resolve Beijing’s territorial disputes with its smaller neighbors in the South China Sea.

Clinton, who met President Hu Jintao, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other top officials but not leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, wants China to stop backing the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and has been pushing for it to be more flexible in lowering tensions over the potentially oil-rich South China Seas.

But comments from Clinton and Yang showed that the countries remain deeply divided on those issues, although both maintained they are committed to working together despite their differences.

Read more: Time

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A real bumpy landing that bends aircraft fuselage

We have been through hard landings - but this landing is really hard.

The All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 767 which took off from Beijing, China and was landing at  Narita Airport near Tokyo, Japan, when this eerie landing took place. As the video shows, the aircraft is seemingly seen to be skidding initially, but then had a hard front feel bumps twice.

With 193 passengers on board plus crew, it must have been a nightmare landing for everyone on board.

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Video courtesy: Kyodo News / YouTube

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Beijing smog causes 200 flight cancellations

[ Today Online ] 6 Dec

A heavy fog blanketed parts of northern China yesterday, while a heavy smog descended on Beijing, delaying flights and causing hundreds of cancellations in the capital.

By mid-afternoon, the authorities had cancelled 213 domestic and 15 international flights at Beijing Capital International Airport, the world's second busiest, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.

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