Xi, Putin and Kim send a message to the West
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6ZRZZ)
It was a powerful image loaded with unmistakable political symbolism: A broadly smiling Chinese leader Xi Jinping, flanked by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un, watching a massive military parade roll through Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Simon Rabinovitch, The Economist's Beijing bureau chief discusses the substance behind today's showmanship with The World's Host Carolyn Beeler.