Beijing: Beijing's large-scale military parade on Wednesday aimed to promote an "alternative global order" to replace U.S. dominance, according to U.S. scholars who spoke with CNA. Richard Bush, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former managing director of the American Institute in Taiwan, stated that China sought to send the message that it "is getting stronger and stronger."

According to Focus Taiwan, Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the German Marshall Fund's Indo-Pacific Program, added that in addition to showcasing military prowess, Beijing aimed to advance its Global Governance Initiative as part of its push for an alternative order. She noted that the parade, held in Tiananmen Square to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Second Sino-Japanese War, also reinforced China's wartime narrative. This narrative highlights China and the Soviet Union's roles in defeating fascism while minimizing those of other Allies. Moreover, it sought to strengthen China's claims to Taiwan by invoking the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations, she said.

At the parade, which was attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that victory was achieved under a national united front against Japan led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to Xinhua News Agency. However, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected this claim as a "falsehood that deviated from the facts," emphasizing that the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations affirmed the Republic of China's (ROC, Taiwan's official name) sovereignty over Taiwan. The ministry further noted that since the People's Republic of China did not exist at the time, it neither participated in the war against Japan nor had legitimacy to claim a role in the post-war order.