Chinese social media reacts to military parade with patriotism and mockery

Censors kept busy as netizens put their own spin on extravagant show in Beijing marking end of second world war

China's military parade commemorating the end of the second world war was, as expected, a highly choreographed piece of stagecraft, with cameras seemingly placed to capture every possible angle.

But as is often the case in China's somewhat freewheeling social media world, ordinary netizens were quick to put their own spin on the events.