Victory logo laden with symbolism
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CHINA yesterday unveiled its official logo for commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World War II.
The logo is centered on a large red “70” for the years since 1945. Five flying doves ascend from right to left, starting in red and ending in yellow, and the lower part depicts a V-shaped Great Wall.
The logo’s dominant colors are red and yellow, the same as the Communist Party and the national flag.
Xinhua news agency, citing the State Council Information Office, said the V of the Great Wall represents China’s national unity as well as the usual meaning of victory.
The five doves “demonstrate the memory of history and the aspiration for peace, representing people from the five continents united and moving together toward a beautiful future after going through ‘blood and fire’,” Xinhua said.
The birds are also symbolic of the Chinese people “flying to a future of great rejuvenation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China,” Xinhua added.
The phrasing is a reference to President Xi Jinping’s much-quoted concept of a “Chinese dream.”
The logo cannot be made into trade marks or used for any commercial purposes, the information office said.
The logo’s release comes in the run-up to the centerpiece of the commemorations, a huge military parade through Beijing on September 3 — the day after the anniversary of the Japanese forces’ formal surrender.
As well as victory over Japan, the events are also meant to mark the broader global defeat of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, regimes that were bound with Tokyo in the Axis alliance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will attend the military parade, and China’s defense ministry has confirmed that Russian troops will take part in the event.
Xi was in attendance in Moscow in May when the city held its own parade to celebrate victory over Nazi Germany.
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