Some subway stations to shut on Thursday, Saturday in preparation for victory ceremony

Beijing will shut down roads and close metro stations on Thursday and Saturday for night rehearsals for a parade next month marking victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

Rehearsals for the memorial ceremony, which includes a military parade, will beheld on Thursday and Saturday, between 10:30 pm and 4 am, according to a notice posted online by the city's public security authorities.