China’s Big Parade Guns: What’s Xi Flexing, and Should We Be Worried?

September 3, 2025, and my feed’s blowing up with clips from Beijing: tanks rumbling, jets screaming, and robotic freakin’ dog drones that look like they escaped a Terminator flick. It’s China’s “Victory Day” parade, a massive shindig for the 80th anniversary of kicking Japan out in World War II. But let’s be real—this wasn’t just a history...

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