Saluting Korean war volunteers
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October 26, 2010, Tuesday
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PRESIDENT Hu Jintao and Vice President Xi Jinping yesterday met with veterans and heroes of the Chinese People's Volunteers to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the volunteer army entering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to help in the war to resist US aggression.
Hu is commander-in-chief of China's armed forces, while Xi has been newly appointed vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
Xi told the CPV veterans that the Chinese movement 60 years ago was "a great and just war for safeguarding peace and resisting aggression."
"It was also a great victory gained by the united combat forces of China's and the DPRK's civilians and soldiers, and a great victory in the pursuit of world peace and human progress," Xi said.
He said the Chinese people would never forget the great contribution and sacrifice made by the nation's founders and, in particular, the people who made history during a war that saw the weak defeating the strong.
The Chinese people will never forget the friendship - established in battle - with the DPRK's people and army, he said. Xi also acknowledged the former Soviet Union's government and people who provided help to the army.
Chinese ground forces, under the CPV, entered the Korean Peninsula on October 19, 1950, to defend their territory and to help the Korean People's Army against Syngman Rhee's troops and forces assembled in the name of the United Nations.
The CPV launched its first battle on October 25 against a battalion of Syngman Rhee's troops. In 1951, the CPC Central Committee decided to commemorate the war every year on that date.
Xi said being peace-loving is a tradition of the Chinese nation and its participation in the war 60 years ago was a historical decision made by the CPC Central Committee and the late Chairman Mao Zedong based on serious security threats and a request from the DPRK's Korean Workers' Party and government.
The heroism and international spirit demonstrated by the CPV in the nearly three-year battle as they fought side-by-side with the DPRK army and people will forever be treasured by the Chinese people, Xi said.
Hu is commander-in-chief of China's armed forces, while Xi has been newly appointed vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
Xi told the CPV veterans that the Chinese movement 60 years ago was "a great and just war for safeguarding peace and resisting aggression."
"It was also a great victory gained by the united combat forces of China's and the DPRK's civilians and soldiers, and a great victory in the pursuit of world peace and human progress," Xi said.
He said the Chinese people would never forget the great contribution and sacrifice made by the nation's founders and, in particular, the people who made history during a war that saw the weak defeating the strong.
The Chinese people will never forget the friendship - established in battle - with the DPRK's people and army, he said. Xi also acknowledged the former Soviet Union's government and people who provided help to the army.
Chinese ground forces, under the CPV, entered the Korean Peninsula on October 19, 1950, to defend their territory and to help the Korean People's Army against Syngman Rhee's troops and forces assembled in the name of the United Nations.
The CPV launched its first battle on October 25 against a battalion of Syngman Rhee's troops. In 1951, the CPC Central Committee decided to commemorate the war every year on that date.
Xi said being peace-loving is a tradition of the Chinese nation and its participation in the war 60 years ago was a historical decision made by the CPC Central Committee and the late Chairman Mao Zedong based on serious security threats and a request from the DPRK's Korean Workers' Party and government.
The heroism and international spirit demonstrated by the CPV in the nearly three-year battle as they fought side-by-side with the DPRK army and people will forever be treasured by the Chinese people, Xi said.
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