Reference News Network, September 4 report: The Spanish website "El Diario" published an article titled "China Commemorates the Victory over Japanese Fascism" on September 2. The author is Adrián Fuentes. The following is a translation of the article:

"Both of my parents experienced the War of Resistance against Japan, and they told me about the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. I thank Mao Zedong and other leaders for saving the people and defeating fascism," said Li Yufang (音), 71 years old. On a rainy summer morning, Li Yufang and her son in his 40s held the hand of their young grandson as the three generations came to visit the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan Memorial in Beijing.

"All Chinese people should understand this history," Li Yufang said firmly. "China will not invade any country, but we will not allow any country to invade us. We are no longer a weak nation."

China will hold a grand military parade to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japan. In 1931, Japan occupied China's northeastern region, and then launched a full-scale invasion of China in 1937, which ended in 1945 when Japan surrendered. For a country that has endured various hardships for more than a century, this is a history filled with trauma. In the West, people are familiar with the European battlefield, Nazi concentration camps, or the D-Day landings, but know little about what happened in the Asian battlefield. Westerners know very little about the Nanjing Massacre carried out by the Japanese army against civilians, the infamous Unit 731 conducting human experiments and live dissections in Harbin, or the forced recruitment of hundreds of thousands of women across Asia as "comfort women" for the Japanese army.

Unlike Europe, the "wounds" of the war have never healed in Asia. The position taken by Japan regarding the large-scale violence it committed on the Asian mainland is disappointing.

Chinese media recently published articles condemning that the contributions of the Chinese people during the War of Resistance against Japan are selectively ignored and looked down upon by some people. A historian pointed out: "The resistance of China played an important role in draining Japan's resources, which was also the basis for defeating the Axis powers." The core facts are beyond doubt: China defeated Japanese militarism with unimaginable sacrifices. China has every right and qualification to be proud of this victory.

Teacher Wang Yan (音) from Beijing said after visiting the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japan Memorial: "No matter how strong we become, we will never do such things to any country." (Translation/ Wang Meng)

Original: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7546048131645899305/

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