We bring together comments by global social network users who are following Beijing's V-Day parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII.
People's Daily has forcefully repudiated suggestions that China is showing off its military muscle and that too much is being spent on the parade .
President Xi announces China will cut the number of its troops by 300,000 as he delivers a speech to commemorate the hard-won peace. Full text
President Xi Jinping warned that the world is far from tranquil although peace and development have become the prevailing trend. Parade in review
The bureau of education in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has denied it is encouraging students to invest in the stock and securities markets after a pilot project that took the lead in establishing finance and wealth management courses in primary and middle schools starting this fall.
It was 6 am one day in July, and Gao Ke, captain of the missile frigate Linyi, rose from his bunk and began his routine daily inspection. A rusted screw was spotted behind a gangway door and he ordered it to be replaced immediately.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, who is in Beijing for events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, who is in Beijing for events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse ahead of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).
Promoting international collaboration on production capacity will "inject new impetus into world economic growth" and it shows China's advantages in the new stage of development.
Just as many rural Chinese are no strangers to chatting and shopping on mobile gadgets today, Communist Party of China (CPC) officials in the countryside are exploring ways to do a better job with the technology.
More than 500 pieces of the People's Liberation Army's latest ground and naval equipment as well as 200 advanced aircraft will be on display.