Full of pride and excitement, Shao Yixi watched a broadcast of Thurday's victory parade in Beijing via YouTube in Australia and described the experience as unforgettable.

Shao, 27, said a mass of information about the parade was available on Twitter and Facebook "so I told myself not to miss the big event even though I was not at home".

The parade commemorated the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War.