Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on the leaders invited to the Chinese military parade - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

China's showed off its newest weapons in a major military parade in Beijing marking the end of World War Two.

President Xi Jinping oversaw the event in Tiananmen Square, with Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin by his side.

Former Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Helen Clark were in attendance.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper discussed the event.

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