2015年CRI China's V-day Parade Shows Both Strength and Peace: US Expert

 

Jeffrey Kinkley is a history professor at St. John's University.

"The military parade itself of course conveyed an image of China's strength and modernization¹. President Xi Jinping's announcement he will be cutting the size of Chinese military by 300-thousand troops. This sends a message of peace I believe."

In his speech, Xi Jinping announced a reduction in the size of the Chinese military over the next 2 years.

It is the fourth time for China to announce military cuts since the Reform and Opening Up process first began in the early 1980s.

On Thursday, 50 formations including a total of 12-thousand troops took part in the Victory Day parade.

As many as 500 pieces of armaments and 200 fighter jets were reviewed during the parade.

It was also the first time for China to hold military parade to commemorate² the occasion.

History professor Kinkley says the Chinese government is trying to draw more attention through these commemorative activities to its alliances with other anti-Fascist forces during the Second World war.

"In recent international relations, the Chinese government has been stressing the fact that the US and China were allies during World War 2. We were both dedicated³ to defeating imperial Japan and its terrible policies of those days."

Kinkley says when it comes to China's international image, the majority of members of the international community see China as a rising economic power.

"China's international image remains⁴ in the middle that everybody recognizes China is the world's second greatest economy. Therefore we will have ups and downs. I can only speak for Americans - most Americans see China as something like a economic rival but also very much an economic partner."

For CRI, I'm Su Yi in New York.

1 modernization   

n.现代化，现代化的事物

参考例句：

• This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
• The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。

2 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。