Balloons are released as a crowd looks up during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the...
Balloons are released as a crowd looks up during a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, September 3, 2015. Xi announced on Thursday he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might in a parade to commemorate victory over Japan in World War Two, an event shunned by most Western leaders. REUTERS/Rolex Dela Pena/Pool