Professor Paul Chin-wu Chu, founding director and chief scientist at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, is one of five overseas Chinese - and the only one in the US-invited to view the military parade on Sept 3 from Tian'anmen Rostrum in Beijing.

Chu said that he accepted the invitation several months ago to attend the celebration marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

"I happened to need to make a research trip to Shanghai at the same time, so I incorporated it into my schedule," said Chu.