
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh before a meeting with CCP leader Xi Jinping at The Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 2, 2025. Sergey Bobylev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and ex-New South Wales Premier Bob Carr have been criticised by former Labor colleagues for attending a military parade in Beijing.
Andrews and Carr—former foreign minister—are both official guests at the march in Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3 aimed at commemorating the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.