China celebrates 70th anniversary with huge military parade

New weapons – including a hypersonic drone and a ballistic missile that can reach the US – are expected to make their public debut

China will celebrate 70 years of Communist party supremacy on Tuesday with a parade of tanks, missiles and troops, a muscular display of its rising superpower status as it faces an unprecedented challenge to its authority in Hong Kong.

Authorities in Beijing have closed roads, banned the flying of kites, and shut some bars as they tightened security for an event celebrating China’s journey from a country broken by war and poverty to being the world’s second-largest economy.

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