[The Epoch Times, May 11, 2022](The Epoch Times reporters Li Xinan and Luo Ya interviewed and reported) On May 9, the military parade on Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Xinhua News Agency repeatedly broadcasted “tidbits” during Putin’s speech, and the live broadcast ended as soon as the military parade entered the venue. Under the Russian-Ukrainian war, this move aroused heated discussions outside.
At about 10:00 Moscow time on May 9 (15:00 Beijing time), Russia held a military parade on Red Square to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War. The military parade consists of three parts: foot formation, mechanized equipment and air echelon. However, the scale of the military parade has been greatly reduced. More than 10,000 people participated, more than 100 pieces of weapons and equipment, and the air echelon was cancelled. Putin left early, so it was called the “half-time military parade”.
Xinhua News Agency and China Daily broadcast live broadcasts of the military parade on Red Square, and the live broadcast suddenly stopped at 1/4. Military commentator Liu Xiaofei said in a We-Media program that he had been waiting to watch the Victory Day parade on Red Square at around 2:30 p.m., watching the live broadcast of Xinhua News Agency. But something surprising happened.
“As soon as he (Putin) spoke, the live broadcasts of Xinhua News Agency and China Daily were all suspended, and the one-minute-long tidbit filmed before the military parade was repeated over and over again, just like a woolen product advertisement in the past.Once there is a long list. After Putin’s speech was almost over, the live broadcast was resumed.”
“But it didn’t take long for the small advertisement to appear again. When the live broadcast completely returned to normal, the salute behind started to sound, and the military parade began. But the parade team has just begun to pass through the Red Square, and the Xinhua News Agency subtitles have begun again. Reminder: The live broadcast is about to end, everyone is welcome to watch it. After a while, there will be no more.”
Liu Xiaofei thinks it is surprising that the live broadcast skips all the scenes of Putin. Xinhua News Agency has a special political status and can represent the political trend. This live broadcast method must also convey some kind of information to the outside world.
Only Phoenix Satellite TV conducted the whole live broadcast, and invited guests to interpret it on the spot. Its main point is to emphasize Putin’s “special military operation”, eschew a war of aggression, and support the timing of Russia’s fight, accuse Western countries of “re-arming” Ukraine, and warn that this is a proxy war that no one can afford to lose.
Why did Xinhua suddenly cancel the live broadcast before Putin’s speech? On the Internet, there have also been reports from the online audio-visual system that platforms, institutions and individuals are not allowed to rebroadcast the Red Square military parade.
Chen Yonglin, a former CCP diplomat, said in an interview with The Epoch Times that the CCP has two sides to the outside world, that is, yin and yang, with two faces. This has been the case with the United States in history, the former Soviet Union with two faces, and the same with Russia. It’s a normal reaction to being a two-faced person.
“On the one hand, it is to strive for an alliance with Russia militarily, and at the same time, it is also vigilant about Russia, the ‘polar bear’. I am afraid that the propaganda of Putin will be too much, and it will be more difficult to turn around when you want to turn your face.” He said, ” The CCP has no real friends, the CCP only has interests based on relations, and everything uses pragmatic diplomacy.”
Chen Yonglin pointed out, “If Russia wins, he will definitely sing praises. Mobilize the domestic public opinion more to support Russia; then Russia fails, and the propaganda for Russia may be a slap in the face. , don’t spread the sentiment about the failure on the Russian side,” he said.
The Epoch Times columnist Wang He believes that Putin is in deep trouble right now, and his coping ability seems to have a problem, which has led to so many weirdness in the Victory Day military parade. The CCP cut off the live broadcast and turned off the comment function. It also saw the problem and couldn’t watch it anymore. The CCP is closely tied to Putin, and watching Putin’s jokes is watching the CCP’s jokes. The CCP’s drama is about to be worn out, and there is only the trick of “blocking”.
Russia “preempts” the United States “lates”
In his speech at the military parade, Putin did not officially declare war on Ukraine, but mourned the heroes who died for the country and signed a presidential decree to provide care and help to the families of the officials who sacrificed their lives. In response to the war in Ukraine, he stressed that he was fighting for the people of Donbass and for “Russian security”.
He said that Russia has always advocated the establishment of an equal and indivisible security system. “Russia has called on the West to engage in candid dialogue and seek reasonable, compromised solutions that take into account each other’s interests, but all in vain… The NATO bloc has embarked on an aggressive military expansion of our adjoining territories.” “Russia preemptively stopped it.” Aggression, it was a forced, timely and only right decision.”
On May 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video of walking on the central avenue of Khrechtchatyk in Kyiv, saying that Ukraine would not allow Russia to swallow its victory over the Nazis in 1945.
“Millions of Ukrainians fought against the Nazis. Drive the Nazis out of Luhansk, drive the Nazis out of Donetsk…” Zelensky cited cities in eastern and southern Ukraine as well as Crimei Asia, these places are currently occupied by Russian troops.
“In the days of defeating the Nazis, we are fighting for another victory, and the road to this victory is a long one, but we have no doubts about our victory,” he said.
On the same day, U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington signed a bipartisan bill reactivating the World War II-era Lend-Lease program in support of Kyiv and Eastern European allies. The program helped the Allies defeat Nazi Germany.
Shanghai Internet writer Zhang Lixin (pseudonym) analyzed to the Epoch Times reporter that Putin is in a dilemma now, he cannot admit defeat, and he cannot further intensify his offensive.
He believes that the CCP does not want to offend Ukraine and wants to keep a distance from Russia, so it began to turn. “China’s army, especially the navy, relies on Ukraine for many technologies. Russia will not sell it to you, and the West will not give it to you. It can’t be built by itself, only Ukraine can provide it.”
On May 4, the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee considered the “Assessing Xi’s Interference and Subversion Act”, referred to as the AXIS Act, or “Axis Act”. During World War II, the military alliance between Germany, Italy and Japan was called the “Axis Powers”.
“The CCP also doesn’t want to get too involved with Putin, and if it gets too deep, sanctions will soon be his turn. Since the United States has enacted an Axis Act to put Xi Jinping’s name on it, on this issue he I tried my best to get rid of it.” Zhang Lixin said.
Responsible editor: Li Muen#