At Moscow’s 80th Victory Day parade, President Xi Jinping positioned the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a key anti-fascist power alongside Russia, using a selective World War II narrative to legitimize the PRC’s present-day international role and deepen symbolic ties with the Kremlin. Xi’s op-ed in Russian state media invoked the UN Charter and a shared anti-fascist legacy to advocate for a “multipolar world,” indirectly blaming the United States for global instability while sidestepping inconvenient historical truths like the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) limited wartime role. Aligning with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s revisionist memory politics, Xi reinforces a domestic and international propaganda campaign that roots the PRC’s modern legitimacy in its contested World War II role, making historical narrative control a strategic imperative.
In Moscow, Xi Defends the International Order by Misremembering It – Jamestown
