China pays homage to WWII dead
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September 4, 2010, Saturday
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TOP Chinese leaders paid homage to the nation's soldiers who died fighting Japanese aggression during World War II yesterday, the 65th anniversary of the Japanese surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri.
President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other leaders at Beijing's Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression presented bouquets to honor the war's martyrs.
Veterans, foreigners who helped fight the Japanese invaders, and other citizens also mourned the war dead.
"The victory was a major event in the 20th century. It was significant for the Chinese nation and the overall progress of human civilization," said senior leader Li Changchun, who hailed the spirit of the Chinese people during the 14-year-long war.
In Nanjing, citizens bowed and presented flowers to air force martyrs. Qin Penghong, 77, came with his sister and daughter to mourn his father, who died serving as the mechanical director of the Kuomingtang's air force.
"Our family is proud of him and I always tell his story to my children and grandchildren," he said.
One visitor wrote in the visitors' book that it is the ordinary people in both the victimized and aggressor nations that bear the brunt of war.
In Hunan Province, veterans gathered in front of the monument for the martyrs of the 1943 Battle in Changde that claimed the lives of 60,000 Chinese soldiers. Before the battle, the Japanese invaders killed hundreds by spreading plague-contaminated crops.
Veteran Wu Song, 88, recalled, "We were fighting day and night till the town was soaked in blood. I am here to mourn my wartime buddies. I feel sorry that Japan is still refusing to compensate for the bacteria war they waged in Changde."
In southwest China's Guizhou Province, veterans, students and other citizens gathered in an old battlefield in Dushan County, where in 1945 Japanese invaders waged a seven-day battle, killing nearly 20,000 civilians and soldiers before being defeated by Chinese and US troops.
Veteran Zhang Youru, 87, traveled half a day by bus to reach the battleground. "I want to visit my wartime buddies whom I fought with shoulder to shoulder," he said.
In Yichang City in central China's Hubei Province, villagers have called for a martyrs' cemetery to commemorate 3,000 Kuomintang soldiers who died fighting the Japanese.
President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other leaders at Beijing's Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression presented bouquets to honor the war's martyrs.
Veterans, foreigners who helped fight the Japanese invaders, and other citizens also mourned the war dead.
"The victory was a major event in the 20th century. It was significant for the Chinese nation and the overall progress of human civilization," said senior leader Li Changchun, who hailed the spirit of the Chinese people during the 14-year-long war.
In Nanjing, citizens bowed and presented flowers to air force martyrs. Qin Penghong, 77, came with his sister and daughter to mourn his father, who died serving as the mechanical director of the Kuomingtang's air force.
"Our family is proud of him and I always tell his story to my children and grandchildren," he said.
One visitor wrote in the visitors' book that it is the ordinary people in both the victimized and aggressor nations that bear the brunt of war.
In Hunan Province, veterans gathered in front of the monument for the martyrs of the 1943 Battle in Changde that claimed the lives of 60,000 Chinese soldiers. Before the battle, the Japanese invaders killed hundreds by spreading plague-contaminated crops.
Veteran Wu Song, 88, recalled, "We were fighting day and night till the town was soaked in blood. I am here to mourn my wartime buddies. I feel sorry that Japan is still refusing to compensate for the bacteria war they waged in Changde."
In southwest China's Guizhou Province, veterans, students and other citizens gathered in an old battlefield in Dushan County, where in 1945 Japanese invaders waged a seven-day battle, killing nearly 20,000 civilians and soldiers before being defeated by Chinese and US troops.
Veteran Zhang Youru, 87, traveled half a day by bus to reach the battleground. "I want to visit my wartime buddies whom I fought with shoulder to shoulder," he said.
In Yichang City in central China's Hubei Province, villagers have called for a martyrs' cemetery to commemorate 3,000 Kuomintang soldiers who died fighting the Japanese.
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