A KJ-2000 airborne early warning and control system leads J-10 fighter jets as they fly by a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles are presented during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015. (Reuters)
Invited guests watch and shoot footage of a passing Chinese military armored vehicle during a military parade marking the 70th Anniversary of the 'Victory of Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War' at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, 03 September 2015 (Reuters)
Chinese 155mm self-propelled howitzers take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy soldiers on their armoured vehicles carrying ship-to-air missiles roll to Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015 (Reuters)
HHQ shipborne air defense missiles carried by military vehicles take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
A television broadcast shows Chinese President Xi Jinping at a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II as students watch on a big-screen television in a gymnasium at Tianjin University in Tianjin, China, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
Chinese soldiers take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
Chinese soldiers take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
A KJ-2000 airborne early warning and control system leads J-10 fighter jets as they fly by a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China look towards their president at the Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015 (Reuters)
A military vehicle carrying Wing Loong, a Chinese made medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, drives past Tiananmen Gate during a military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a big screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to review People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops from a car during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015. (Reuters)
A war veteran salutes on a big screen as military vehicle carrying DF-15B short range ballistic missiles take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (AP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews troops at Tiananmen Square at the beginning of the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015 (Reuters)
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers on their armoured vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft artillery roll to Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015. (Reuters)
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) navy soldiers march at Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing September 3, 2015. (Reuters)
A veteran from a country participating in the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two is shown on big screen saluting at Tiananmen Square as vehicles with missiles roll past, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015 (Reuters)
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R), Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye observe from Tiananmen Gate as the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two begins in Beijing, China. (ReuterS)