A gathering commemorating the 70th anniversary of the recovery of sovereignty over Taiwan from 50-year Japanese occupation was held at the Great Hall of the People on Friday.
China handed over the remains of U.S. pilots who supported the Chinese Army during World War II to representatives from the United States at a ceremony held at Jianchuan Museum in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Thursday.
An international seminar titled "70-Year Common Victory" was co-organized by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Communist Party of Russia Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War.
When summarizing the significance of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xi said the victory utterly crushed Japanese militarism's scheme of enslaving China, resurrected China's status as a big power in the world, and created bright prospects for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
"Had China not been fighting, or had China been defeated, how many Japanese troops do you think would then be deployed to other regions to fight? They would have captured Australia, and India all at once."
"Only when the Japanese invaders' hands and feet are tied up, can we avoid fighting on two fronts simultaneously when the German invaders attack us."
"If the Japanese attack the West Indian Ocean, all our positions in the Middle East will be lost. Only China can help us to prevent that from happening."
Because much of Japan’s strength was contained in China, it failed to start an immediate war against the Soviet Union.
To fight against Japanese invaders, more than 35 million Chinese either died or were injured. The total economic losses China suffered are estimated at 600 billion U.S. dollars.
All peace-loving people around the world should remember the history and safeguard the international order with the UN at the core while promoting global peace and development in the contemporary world.
Besides the symbolic scenario of former West German chancellor Willy Brandt's kneeling down at the monument to victims of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1970, the German nation has taken clear and steady steps of repentance and compensation.
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It is shown in its promises Germany would take permanent responsibility for Nazi crimes, in continued compensation for victims and creation of memorials, in laws forbidding Nazi ideology promotion, in anti-Nazi education to the youth.
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German Education Ministers Joint Conference issued a special order, emphasizing all types of middle school must truthfully account Nazi history. All textbooks must go through examination to guarantee historical facts are not distorted.
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In Germany, historical reflection has led to anti-Nazi education and laws, and has prompted the German government to take sincere measures to compensate Holocaust survivors.
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In the postwar time, Germany has fulfilled replacement of the old political system and has done a thorough clean-up with Nazi Germany's crimes. Germany's effort to tracking down the Nazi criminals is still in progress today.
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