China's resistance against Japanese aggression during World War II was a major contribution to the victory achieved by the Allied forces led by the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. Yet 80 years after the end of the brutal war, China's role still remains poorly understood in the West, said Rana Mitter, a British historian and the author of the book Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945.
The 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War this year has boosted Chinese people's pride for resisting the main forces of militarist Japan, playing a decisive role in the ultimate defeat of the fascist Japanese aggressors. The Asian battlefield played an equally important role as the European one in the war.
During the 4th National Conference on Reading in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, descendants of the heroes who sacrificed their lives in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) emphasized the importance of reading history books and passing on the great revolutionary spirit to the youth. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the war.
DR. WEI ZHENG, South China Sea Development Research Institute, Ministry of Natural Resources of China "We found discarded fishing nets and wires in the waters near Tiexian Jiao, some marked with Filipino language or labels. Satellite imagery from 2016 to 2024 also shows that coral coverage in a 2.5-kilometer radius west of Zhongye Island has dropped by 81.8%—an even steeper decline than on the Tiexian Jiao side.
