China did not want its first military parade in a decade to be marred by any hint of the unrest that has roiled the distant regions of Tibet and Xinjiang in the past two years.

• 中国不想让任何类似于近两年来发生在西藏和新疆的动荡事件发生在北京，破坏自己20世界都10年的第一次军事阅兵。