So now we have borne witness to the Big Parade and the Big Lie all in rolled up into one gigantic intimidating event -- the spectacle of China's September 3rd celebration in Tiananmen Square of the defeat of Japan in World War II. What's wrong with this picture? For starters, the Chinese Communists and Mao hide out in the hills as a very purposeful strategy to let the Japanese bleed the Chinese nationalists dry at the front lines - and thereby make the Nationalists more easy pickings after Japan's defeat.