Rashida Tlaib hit with House censure threat, accused of ‘celebrating terrorism’ in pro-Palestinian speech
FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is facing a GOP-led censure resolution on Wednesday after her fiery remarks at a pro-Palestinian conference. Tlaib spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit over the weekend, when she condemned both Democrats and Republicans for supporting Israel as its military campaign in Gaza continues. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., who introduced the measure, accused Tlaib of “vilifying her colleagues, endangering the lives of Jewish people, and celebrating terrorism.” “Her conduct is beneath that of a civilized person, let alone a member of Congress. I am calling on the House of Representatives to censure her remarks and put Democrats on notice for enabling and cheering on antisemitism in their own party,” Carter told Fox News Digital. DNC SUMMER MEETING DERAILED AFTER TENSIONS FLARE OVER DUELING RESOLUTIONS: ‘LOSING OUR FUTURE’ The Detroit-area progressive, the first Palestinian American elected to Congress, targeted the institution itself in her remarks. “Outside of the decaying halls of the empire in Washington, D.C., we are winning. They are scared.” She also brushed off colleagues’ concerns about anti-Israel protests near their offices. “They are scared. They send me videos and messages of people protesting in front of their district offices, people showing up at their town halls, and I was like, we’re not all related. Those are fellow Americans,” Tlaib said. “Maybe you should meet with them and listen.” Carter’s resolution referenced other speakers at the event, tying their rhetoric to Tlaib’s participation. He pointed to remarks by Aisha Nizar, an activist with the Palestinian Youth Movement, who discussed disrupting the U.S. supply chain for F-35 combat aircraft. WHITE HOUSE DEMANDS ALL GAZA HOSTAGES RETURN HOME ‘THIS WEEK’ AMID STALLED TALKS “If one specific node of the F-35 supply chain is intervened in, it has a huge impact for our people back home,” Nizar said. “We need to be surgical. We need to be strategic. And we need to be bold in our actions. Because there are many different points of these supply chains of death that we can intervene in.” Another participant, Nidal Jboor, founder of Doctors Against Genocide, reportedly said of leaders in the U.S., Europe and Israel, “They must be locked up, taken out, neutralized to save children and humanity,” according to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute. It remains unclear how closely Tlaib is tied to those figures, but Carter’s resolution links her speech to past controversies over her criticism of Israel. “Representative Rashida Tlaib has repeatedly displayed conduct entirely unbecoming of a member of the House of Representatives by calling for the destruction of the state of Israel and by dangerously promoting terrorism and extremism, while Israeli and American hostages remain in terrorist captivity,” the resolution states. Carter is running for U.S. Senate in Georgia in 2026. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Israel’s military campaign in Gaza — which international organizations warn has created famine conditions — was launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack that killed more than 1,000 people in southern Israel, many of them civilians in their homes. The conflict has split lawmakers in both parties, with a growing number of Democrats and even some Republicans criticizing the magnitude of Israel’s response. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claims tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7. Fox News Digital has reached out to Tlaib’s office for comment.
Xi Jinping hails ‘unstoppable’ China as Trump accuses Beijing of conspiring against US
President Xi Jinping declared China’s “great rejuvenation” unstoppable on Wednesday as he used the country’s largest-ever military parade to hint at reunification with Taiwan and to flaunt advanced weapons designed to rival American power. Xi said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would “resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity,” underscoring Beijing’s ambitions toward Taiwan. “The great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable,” he added. The 70-minute spectacle marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Thousands of troops goose-stepped through Tiananmen Square, followed by columns of tanks, missile carriers and drones. Xi has repeatedly set 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA, as a deadline for military modernization — a timeline U.S. officials warn could coincide with preparations for an invasion of Taiwan. TRUMP CLAIMS PUTIN, XI, KIM ARE CONSPIRING AGAINST THE US AFTER MILITARY PARADE IN CHINA China showed off its full nuclear triad — missiles launched from land, sea and air. That included the DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of traveling 12,400 miles, putting the U.S. mainland within range. Analysts paid special attention to what appeared to be a new DF-61 hypersonic missile carried on a WS2400 truck. The weapon is believed to be designed to outpace U.S. missile defenses. Submarine-launched ballistic missiles and long-range bombers rounded out the display of nuclear muscle. The PLA also rolled out stealth drones — like the GJ-11 “Sharp Sword” UCAV and other “loyal wingman” drones — alongside AI-enhanced tanks, hypersonic weapons, underwater drones and other futuristic systems. Amphibious assault vehicles hinted at preparations for a Taiwan contingency. Beijing also highlighted cyber and space capabilities, signaling ambitions beyond conventional battlefields. Xi watched the procession flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — a not-so-subtle signal of solidarity among America’s adversaries. PUTIN AND XI DEEPEN TIES AS IRAN, NORTH KOREA LEADERS VISIT BEIJING After the parade, Putin and Kim met behind closed doors for two hours. Putin thanked Kim for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, Chinese state media reported. President Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social, addressing Xi directly: “Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un, as you conspire against The United States of America.” Around two dozen world leaders watched from the stands, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Only two heads of state from Europe — Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico — accepted China’s invitation, as Western allies largely stayed away. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te dismissed the spectacle as “psychological intimidation.” The show of force came just months after the U.S. staged its own military parade in Washington to mark the Army’s 250th birthday, in a signal that China intends to match and eventually surpass American military power.
House Dem lashes out at pro-Israel ‘motherf—ers’ during fiery speech: ‘We ain’t going anywhere’
Democratic member of “the Squad,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., unleashed on the United States and pro-Israel politicians in a fiery, expletive-filled speech at the “People’s Conference for Palestine” in Detroit on Sunday. Tlaib, who is the first person of Palestinian descent to be elected to Congress, railed against Israeli leaders and supporters of Israel, shouting, “I want to say to all of them, every genocide enabler, look at this room motherf—ers, we ain’t going anywhere.” “They thought they could rape us, kill us, violently uproot us from our olive tree farms, starve our children to death, and we would disappear. Well, guess what, now we’re in Congress, and we’re in every corner of the United States,” she said, adding, “We are just getting started.” Tlaib also drilled into the United States as an “empire in Washington, D.C.,” saying, “the political structures that I have to work in, that we all are surrounded by, was built on slavery and genocide and rape and oppression.” AOC CAMPAIGN DENIES LINK TO WOMAN CHARGED WITH ‘TERRORISTIC THREAT’ AGAINST SCHOOL OVER JEWISH STUDENTS Taking aim at the Trump administration, Tlaib claimed that “what’s been tested on the killing fields of Gaza is already being deployed right here in the streets of America.” “What our government is willing to do to Palestinians, they are willing to do to all of you,” she asserted. “It is no surprise to me, as the daughter of Detroit, that I see our government, that has supplied the bombs and excuses Israel from destroying literally every single day hospitals, communities in Gaza, and manufacturing mass starvation, is also the same government that’s defunding healthcare and food assistance programs here in our country.” “Gaza is the compass in this country,” said Tlaib. Tlaib previously came under bipartisan criticism after sharing a video on social media that included the phrase “From the river to the sea,” a pro-Palestinian liberation slogan. ‘SQUAD’ MEMBERS ‘DECIDE TO LIE AND TWIST FACTS’ ABOUT ISRAEL’S HISTORY, SAYS PROMINENT ARAB ACTIVIST In 2023, the House of Representatives voted to censure Tlaib for anti-Israel comments made in the wake of the Jewish nation’s war against Hamas. The People’s Conference for Palestine, organized by a dozen pro-Palestinian groups, began Friday and ran through Sunday. Even before it started, the event drew scrutiny for featuring speakers with extremist views, including two former prisoners of Israel released in a Hamas deal. The conference opened on Friday afternoon with an elaborate ceremony, in which a speaker, after leading the crowd in chants, invited attendees to rise for “our national anthem” as a band began playing a song in a foreign language. People wearing keffiyehs proceeded in, holding Palestinian flags. During a panel at the conference, another speaker, Sachin Peddada, a Ph.D. student in economics and research coordinator at Progressive International, called the U.S. “evil” and repeatedly ripped on the country as an “empire” motivated by greed. ‘SQUAD’ ERUPTS IN FURY AS TRUMP TAKES BOLD ACTION AGAINST IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT Peddada urged the pro-Palestinian movement to “destroy the idea of America in Americans’ heads so that they can see the humanity of everybody outside the warping of American exceptionalism and imperialism and all these evil things.” “To obfuscate that point or beat around the bush there does not serve us; we live in an evil country, that’s just what’s happening,” he said as the crowd broke into applause.
New ICE detention facility ‘Louisiana Lockup’ opens at notorious prison
FIRST ON FOX – A new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility dubbed “Louisiana Lockup” is now open at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary to house some of the “worst of the worst” criminal illegal migrants. Fifty-one migrants have already been moved to the facility, a Department of Homeland Security official told Fox News. The prison, known as Angola prison, sits on 18,000 acres, and was once named the “bloodiest prison in the South” for its harsh conditions. According to the Angola Museum, the prison earned the nickname in 1962 because stabbings became so common. Inmates sued the state in the early 1970s over the harsh conditions, and a federal court mandated reform. DHS PLANS ‘CORNHUSKER CLINK’ DETENTION CENTER AS TRUMP EXPANDS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is partnering with Louisiana to use a portion of the prison to expand detention space by 416 beds. The funding comes from the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which allows ICE to add 80,000 new detention beds to help ramp up deportations. The detainees will be housed in an unused section called Camp J, which was once known as the “Dungeon” because most of the cells were used for solitary confinement. In late July, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared a state emergency to allow expedited repairs of Camp J. “Louisiana Lockup” is the latest facility to be converted into an ICE detention facility, after “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida, “Cornhusker Clink” In Nebraska and “Speedway Slammer” in Indiana. LAWSUITS THREATEN TO UPEND ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ OPERATIONS “Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Louisiana to expand detention space,” Secretary Kristi Noem said. ”Thank you to Governor Landry for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country. If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in CECOT, Cornhusker Clink, Speedway Slammer, or Louisiana Lockup. Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App.” “Criminal illegal aliens beware: Louisiana Lockup is where your time in America ends,” Landry said. “Louisiana Lockup will give ICE the space it needs to lock up some of the worst criminal illegal aliens—murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and gang members—so they can no longer threaten our families and communities. This facility fulfills President Trump’s Make America Safe Again promise. I want to thank President Trump, Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and ICE Director Madison Sheahan for their leadership and partnership. Together, we’re making Louisiana and America safer.” Below are some of the criminal illegal aliens arrested by ICE New Orleans. “These are the types of violent criminal illegal aliens who could end up being detained at Louisiana Lockup,” DHS said in a statement. FLORIDA TO OPEN ‘DEPORTATION DEPOT’ AT SHUTTERED PRISON WEEKS AFTER LAUNCHING ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ FACILITY
Democratic Sen Cory Booker announces that he’s engaged: ‘She has transformed me’
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., announced that he got engaged, sharing photos of himself and his fiancée on social media. “Alexis is one of the greatest unearned blessings of my life. She has transformed me, helping me to ground and center my inner life, and discover the joys of building a nurturing home with someone you love,” the senator noted. “I’m thrilled to share: Alexis and I are engaged! I am savoring the soul-affirming wonder of everyday life with my partner, best friend, and now my fiancée,” he continued. SEN. CORY BOOKER REFUSES TO ENDORSE ZOHRAN MAMDANI The posts feature multiple photos of the happy couple, including one of Booker down on one knee, apparently proposing. “We are excited for this journey ahead, having so much fun, and feeling deeply grateful for the love, support, and energy so many of you have shared with us. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such a beautiful community lifting us in love and commitment,” he added in his post about the engagement. DEMOCRATIC SENATOR DEFENDS WORKING WITH TRUMP AFTER BOOKER’S ‘COMPLICITY’ ACCUSATION Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Maryland, congratulated her colleague. “Congratulations to my dear friend Senator Cory Booker on his engagement! Alexis and Cory, I pray God’s covering over your union and so much love, joy, and abundance now and in the years ahead,” Alsobrooks said in social media posts. FOX NEWS’ JACQUI HEINRICH ENGAGED TO PENNSYLVANIA REP. BRIAN FITZPATRICK Booker has served in the Senate for a little under 12 years.
Trump welcomes Polish president with flyover tribute to fallen fighter pilot
EXCLUSIVE: Eight fighter jets will conduct a flyover when Polish President Karol Nawrocki arrives at the White House Wednesday morning, Fox News Digital has learned. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Nawrocki, whom Trump backed in the Polish elections earlier in 2025, comes amid ongoing negotiations between Poland’s neighboring Russia and Ukraine to end the conflict between the two countries. “President Trump is looking forward to welcoming President Nawrocki to the White House, who recently won a historic election in Poland,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a Tuesday statement to Fox News Digital. The “spectacular flyover will honor the memory of a brave Polish fighter pilot whose life was tragically taken too soon and capture the special relationship between our two countries.” Four F-16 fighter jets are slated to perform a missing man formation Wednesday to honor a Polish army F-16 pilot who died in an August crash during a rehearsal for an airshow in Radom, Poland. BACK FROM ALASKA, TRUMP STARTS WEEK WITH CRUCIAL FOREIGN POLICY TALKS OVER UKRAINE WAR Additionally, four F-35 fighter jets will also fly over the White House to recognize the relationship between the U.S. and Poland. The U.S. sells F-35 fighter jets to allies, including Poland, and the State Department signed off on a potential $1.85 billion sale of sustainment equipment for the F-35 to Poland in August. Likewise, the U.S. started training Polish aviators to operate the F-35 in May at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas. All crew members participating in the flyover are American. Those flying the F-16 aircraft are from the D.C. Air National Guard based out of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, and the F-35 pilots are from Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. A missing man formation occurs during a flyover when one aircraft breaks off from the rest, recognizing the missing or fallen service member. This isn’t the first time a flyover has occurred when the Polish president has visited the White House. One was also conducted in 2019 during Trump’s first term when then-Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Washington. RUSSIAN DRONE CRASHES IN POLISH FIELD AS WARSAW PROTESTS AIRSPACE VIOLATION AND PLANS FORMAL COMPLAINT Nawrocki’s visit comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin has escalated his attacks against Ukraine, despite a meeting in August with Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, in an attempt to advance a peace deal. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has sought to work with European allies in recent weeks on nailing down various security guarantees for Ukraine to safeguard against Russian aggression again. While Trump initially said a trilateral meeting with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the works following his meeting with Putin, Russia has shown disinterest in such a meeting. RUSSIA LAUNCHES LARGEST ATTACK ON UKRAINE THIS MONTH FOLLOWING TRUMP’S MEETINGS WITH PUTIN, ZELENSKYY As a result, Trump said Tuesday there would be consequences if Putin failed to meet with Zelenskyy. “We’re going to see what happens,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. “We’re going to see what they do and what happens. I’m watching it very closely … I want to see it end.” Nawrocki is slated to arrive at the White House at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
GOP lawmakers aim to hike penalties on ‘radical Left’ as ICE attacks rise by over 800%
FIRST ON FOX: House Republicans are advancing legislation to stiffen penalties for people convicted of assaulting or impeding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, escalating the partisan battle over illegal immigration and crime enforcement. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, introduced the “Protect and Respect ICE Act,” backed by Reps. Brad Knott, R-N.C., and Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn. The measure would double the maximum prison sentence and fines for assaulting, resisting or impeding an ICE agent or employee. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported in July that ICE officials experienced an 830% increase in assaults between late January and mid-July compared to the same period in 2024. A Hinson spokesperson told Fox News Digital the bill is intended to deter violence by anti-ICE protesters targeting federal agents. Hinson tied the surge in attacks to progressive activists. “Instead of standing with law enforcement, the radical Left sides with dangerous illegal aliens and even wants to strip ICE agents of the gear that keeps them safe. That’s unacceptable,” she told Fox News Digital. “Anyone who assaults an ICE agent must face the harshest possible punishment.” Congressional Republicans and the Trump administration have already surged resources to ICE since regaining control of the federal government earlier this year. President Donald Trump has also ordered ICE-led raids in major U.S. cities, sparking backlash from Democrats and progressive groups. Chicago is reportedly the latest city preparing for an ICE crackdown, alongside a deployment of National Guard troops. Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker have both criticized the move. Johnson signed an executive order last week prohibiting Chicago police from cooperating with “any unlawful or unconstitutional actions undertaken by federal law enforcement or U.S. Armed Forces within the City of Chicago.”
US Open: Carlos Alcaraz cruises into 2025 semifinals
Alcaraz dominated Czech player Jiri Lehecka in the quarters, with the Spaniard yet to lose a set at this year’s event. Published On 3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025 Second seed Carlos Alcaraz has yet to drop a set at Flushing Meadows, and cruised into the US Open semifinals, demolishing Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Alcaraz had the crowd in the palm of his hand on Tuesday as he fired off 28 winners and never faced a break point, putting on yet another almost pristine performance. He will next play either 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic or American fourth seed Taylor Fritz. Lehecka is one of the few players to beat Alcaraz this season, winning in the Doha quarterfinals, but was outclassed this time around and could only watch helplessly as the Spaniard’s forehand winner zipped by on match point. “If you show the opponent you’re fresh, you’re able to play two, three, more hours, to play long rallies, it’s giving him the mindset of, this is going to be really tough,” said Alcaraz. “The way that I walk between points, with attitude – I’m fresh, I’m really good physically. I think it’s really important to show the opponent that they are going to sweat a lot, and they are going to have to run a lot if he wants to beat me.” Alcaraz broke in the first game, helped on his way by a pair of Lehecka double faults, and the Spaniard got the crowd going as he triumphed in a thrilling, cat-and-mouse exchange at the net in the 10th game, sending a backhand winner streaking past the Czech. The 2022 champion kept the momentum going in the second set, converting a break point at the net in the first game, and Lehecka became visibly agitated as he went down another break with a double fault in the seventh game. Advertisement Alcaraz smiled in disbelief as he nailed a series of precise shots to set up a break point in the seventh game of the final set, but Lehecka dug in to hold. Alcaraz let out a triumphant cheer as he prevailed in a 12-shot rally on break point in the ninth game and deployed his golf swing celebration to the delight of fellow Spaniard and 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia, who was in attendance. “I just played a really – or almost – perfect match,” he said. “I’m just feeling great and hungry to make it.” The five-time major winner has only been broken once so far in the tournament and could retake the number one world ranking from Italy’s Jannik Sinner, although he is trying not to think about it. “If I think about the number one spot too much, then I’m going to put pressure on myself, and I don’t want to do that,” he said. Alcaraz, at just 22, is in the semifinals at a grand slam for the ninth time. Only Rafael Nadal, with 10, had more before turning 23 [Kena Betancur/AFP] Adblock test (Why?)
Some 400 Indonesian school children fall ill after eating free school meals
Indonesian President Prabowo’s free meals programme hit by more mass illness as protests against government rock country. Published On 3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025 An investigation has been launched after some 400 children became ill after eating free school meals in Indonesia’s western Bengkulu province, in the worst case of mass food poisoning linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship food programme to help pregnant women and children. The reports of mass illness on Wednesday came as President Prabowo arrived in Beijing, China, for events commemorating the end of World War II, and days after widespread antigovernment protests rocked cities and towns across Indonesia. Authorities will launch an investigation into the cause of the illness, Bengkulu Province ‘s Vice Governor Mian said. “We will temporarily suspend operations at this kitchen while we investigate where the weaknesses lie,” said Mian, who goes by a single name. “This is the domain of the BGN [National Nutrition Agency] investigation team and the authorities,” he said. Dadan Hindayana, chief of the National Nutrition Agency, which runs the programme, told the Reuters news agency the kitchen in question had only recently started operating, asking staff to evaluate services while waiting for results of tests on the food. Since its launch, Prabowo’s free school meals programme has been rapidly expanded to reach more than 20 million recipients, and authorities plan to reach 83 million recipients by year-end, budgeting a total cost of 171 trillion rupiah ($10.52bn) for the programme this year. The president launched the programme in January, but the initiative had already been marred by food poisoning that affected hundreds of people. Airlangga Hartarto, Indonesia’s coordinating minister for economic affairs, inspects the trial of a free lunch programme for students at a junior high school in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 29, 2024 [Stefanno Sulaiman/Reuters] Last month, 365 people fell ill from free school meals in Central Java. According to local media reports, laboratory results indicated that the outbreak was a result of poor sanitation. Advertisement In the latest mass illness in Bengkulu, children aged from about 4 to 12 were rushed to a local hospital complaining of stomach pain beginning last Thursday, according to a video handout from the local government. On Wednesday, Prabowo was seen attending a military parade hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, to mark 80 years since Japan’s defeat at the end of World War II, according to China’s CCTV. Despite the ongoing street protests at home over his government’s handling of the economy, Prabowo decided he would travel to China, after briefly reconsidering his trip amid the mass unrest. The Jakarta Post reported on Wednesday that some 10 people are now thought to have died in protests over the weekend, with 20 people missing and 500 injured, according to reports from civic organisations and officials. In Geneva on Monday, the United Nations called for investigations into the alleged use of disproportionate force by Indonesia’s security forces against demonstrators. “We are following closely the spate of violence in Indonesia in the context of nationwide protests over parliamentary allowances, austerity measures, and alleged use of unnecessary or disproportionate force by security forces,” UN human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said. “We stress the importance of dialogue to address the public’s concerns,” she said in a statement. Adblock test (Why?)
China’s Xi oversees massive military parade with Putin, Kim in attendance
China’s full military might was on display in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where thousands of troops marched in parade. Published On 3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025 China flexed its military muscle at a huge military parade in Beijing to mark 80 years since the end of World War II, displaying its latest generation of stealth fighters, tanks and ballistic missiles amid a highly choreographed cast of thousands. The parade through Tiananmen Square on Wednesday morning was overseen by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the head of China’s military and the Chinese Communist Party. After greeting foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Xi moved on to welcome Chinese military veterans before taking his place at the centre of the event. Xi watched on from the Gate of Heavenly Peace before making a speech to the 10,000 assembled members of the People’s Liberation Army, Navy and Air Force, stating that China would continue to “adhere to a path of peaceful development”. “Humanity is again faced with a choice of peace or war, dialogue or confrontation, and win-win outcomes or zero-sum games,” Xi said, according to an official readout of his speech. Members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force march during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing, China, on September 3, 2025 [Maxim Shemetov/Reuters] “The Chinese people will stand firmly on the right side of history and on the side of human progress, adhere to the path of peaceful development, and join hands with the rest of the world to build a community with a shared future for humanity,” he said. Advertisement Dressed in a grey Mao suit, Xi then toured Tiananmen Square, standing in a vehicle, before the parade finally commenced down Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue, a major thoroughfare in the Chinese capital. China’s most advanced weaponry took front and centre in the parade, including clearly labelled DF-5 intercontinental missiles – capable of delivering a nuclear warhead – alongside tight formations of military personnel. “For Xi, the point is to reinforce the impression that the [People’s Republic of China, PRC] has arrived as a great power under his leadership,” said Ian Chong, a political scientist at the National University of Singapore. “Another is the array of leaders at the parade, which suggests that the PRC cannot be isolated and is unafraid of pressure and bullying, particularly from the United States,” he said. Above the parade, the air force staged a flyover, including helicopters with banners declaring, “Justice will prevail”, “Peace will prevail”, and “The people will win”. Chinese President Xi Jinping stands in a car to review the troops during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing, China, on September 3, 2025 [Tingshu Wang/Reuters] Adblock test (Why?)