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‘Axis of upheaval’ at China’s military parade: Why Xi, Putin, Kim are making West fret
Published on: Sept. 2, 2025, 5:14 p.m. | Source: Firstpost
Chinese President Xi Jinping will be joined by Russia’s Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian in Beijing for the military parade on Wednesday (September 3) to commemorate 80 years since the end of World War II. The quartet of these nations has been dubbed the ‘axis of upheaval’ by Western analysts. But why?