richard mcgregor is still with us from sydney.xi jinping has the strongest chinese leader since mao zedong. how will his influence change to become oneads of the biggest role powers the world has ever seen? richard: as you say, the point of this parade is to sort of display to the world strength, unity and confidence. xi is very much part of that because it is also all built around the image of him as a strong leader. ishink for the moment, xi all-powerful. he has a lot of critics at home. it is difficult for somebody in his decision of power for people to organize against him. as you said, he made himself president indefinitely. not president for life. the thing i am looking for with respect to that is in coming years, whether the issue of succession comes back. right now, there is nobody else for the people to look to when they think about chinese politics. i think xi will be under a lot of pressure in coming years, maybe before the 2022 party congress to go back to that issue of succession because many people in china are still