Showtime on Tiananmen Square. Chinese President Xi Jinping held a once-a-decade military parade to commemorate 80 years since the defeat of Japan in World War II. As well as parading military hardware from drones to nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, China’s diplomatic influence was also on show, with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in attendance — and a rare appearance by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. President Donald Trump wasn’t impressed, and said Xi was “conspiring against” the US. Trump administration asks that Trump attend, they are still awaiting an answer.