Table 1。1 Headlines of the news reports in the USA

No。 Headlines (Date) Agency

1 China Announces Cuts of 300000 Troops at Military Parade Showing Its Might (9/3/2015) NY T

2 Military Parade in China Gives Xi Jinping a Platform to Show Grip on Power (9/4/2015) NY T

3 China marks Japan WWII defeat, shows rising power in parade (9/3/2015) USA T

4 China to finally celebrate the end of World War II (9/1/2015) USA T

5 China to cut 3000 soldiers, speed up military modernization (9/3/2015) WST P

6 China’s Xi uses parade to show he’s in charge and pursuing national revival (9/3/2015) WST P

7 China flaunts military might, says it will cut 300,000 troops from army (9/3/2015) CHI Tr

8 China’s troop-cut plan is more about modernization than peace, analysts say (9/3/2015) CHI Tr

NY T: The New York Times; USA T: USA Today; WST P: The Washington Post; CHI Tr: Chicago Tribune

Table 1。2 Headlines of the news reports in the UK

No。 Headlines (Date) Agency

9 Chinese military parade’s main message is not peace but power (9/3/2016) Guard

10 China military parade shows might as Xi Jinping pledges 3000 (9/3/2015) Guard

11 China shows off missile ‘able to destroy aircraft carriers’ at massive WW2 parade (9/3/2015) Tele

12 Xi Jinping announces China will cut 300,000 military personnel (9/3/2015) Tele

13 China stokes tensions with Japan ahead of military parade to mark end of WWII (9/2/2015) Indep

14 China’s forgotten Second World War veterans who don’t toe the Communist Party line (9/3/2015) Indep

15 China closes factories to commemorate World War II Japan defeat (9/3/2015) Indep

16 China’s President Xi Jinping dedicates himself to peace as astonishing demonstration of military might marks 70th anniversary of end of WWII (9/4/2015) Indep

Tele: The Telegraph; Guard: The Guardian; Indep: The Independent 

Table 1。3 Headlines of the news reports in the UK

No。 Headlines (Date) Agency

17 Beijing’s V-Day parade sends message of peace (9/3/2015) Xinhua

18 Intl community echoes Xi’s speech at V-Day commemoration (9/3/2015) Xinhua

19 Xi meets UN chief, reaffirming China’s peace commitment (9/3/2015)