China’s defence ministry on Monday said it would send an honour guard to join military parades in the Russian and Belarusian capitals to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany on Friday.
Beijing sent honour guards to Moscow for a parade to mark Victory Day in 2015, but this will be the first time for a Chinese honour guard to take part in a similar event in Minsk.
Videos on Chinese social media have shown rehearsals of the Chinese soldiers in Minsk and Moscow in the past week.
As part of preparations for the parade in Moscow, Chinese soldiers practised performing “Guerrillas’ Song” in Red Square on Sunday, according to Global Times. The patriotic song describes the hardship of Chinese soldiers during the second Sino-Japanese war, commonly referred to as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China.
