While accompanying foreign guests at the September 3 military parade, Xi Jinping mentioned that people this century might live to 150, drawing outside attention and discussion.
On the morning of September 3, 2025, a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan was held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, with the troops on parade formed up along Chang'an Avenue to be reviewed by Xi Jinping.
During the September 3, 2025 military parade, many people noticed that in CCTV news footage Xi Jinping's entire head, and even his upper body, showed obvious twitching, seemingly beyond his own control; his breathing was also labored, and he needed to frequently raise his head to complete a breath.