Chinese President Xi Jinping watches the military parade in 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping watches the military parade in 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Photo: Xinhua
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Was this the day a new ‘cold war’ between China and the US began, Frenchman’s book asks

In an excerpt from his book Inside the Mind of Xi Jinping, Francois Bougon, an Asia specialist at French newspaper Le Monde, considers the significance of a 2015 military parade

Chinese President Xi Jinping watches the military parade in 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping watches the military parade in 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Photo: Xinhua
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