Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives in Beijing to join world leaders, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, for a major military parade, a parallel summit of a powerful but little-known alliance is underscoring China’s push to shape a new world order, challenging Western influence through both hardware and diplomacy.
The events commenced with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s arrival in Beijing on Monday to participate in a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of World War Two’s conclusion.
The parade, expected to be attended by over two dozen global leaders on Wednesday, is designed as a potent display of Chinese military prowess.
It will feature over 100 aircraft, along with an array of advanced tanks and missiles, all domestically produced, signaling China’s self-reliance and growing technological sophistication in defense.
The “intimidating alliance you’ve never heard of”
Concurrently, in northern China, a significant geopolitical event was unfolding. Russian
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