China’s military parade, being held in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, marks 80 years since the Japanese surrender that ended the Second World War (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The “Axis of Evil” assembles as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian president Vladimir Putin head to Beijing for a Chinese military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end.
The meeting of the terrible trio of Putin, Kim, and Chinese Communist leader Xi Jinping has been described by commentators as a “show of collective defiance” by the triumvirate of dictators.
The meeting arrives at a tense geopolitical moment. Putin recently declined to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who said a talk between the two could finally end the war in U