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China's rulers push party role before WWII anniversary
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» WUXIANG (CHINA) - An elderly Chinese war veteran's shin still bears the mark of a bullet wound he suffered when fighting the Japanese as a teenager, a year before the end of World War II.
Return of Russia warlords stokes memories of China
Oped, Published on 05/07/2023
» The turmoil in Russia unleashed by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group has drawn rapt attention in capitals throughout the world, but probably nowhere more so than in Beijing. The reason is not only that Russia is a trusted partner for China, but also that there are clear historical parallels between Russia this insurrectionary weekend and events a century ago that weakened China and left it vulnerable to invasion.
A chance to burnish China's image
Published on 03/09/2015
» BEIJING - Few things distract an anxious nation in economic trouble quite like a jaw-dropping military parade featuring a cavalcade of gleaming high-tech weaponry, 12,000 goose-stepping soldiers and fighter jets filling the skies with synchronised plumes of candy-coloured smoke.
Communist Party takes star role in China's war parade
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» BEIJING - The undoubted star of China's giant military parade marking 70 years since Japan's World War II defeat -- and countless television shows on the conflict -- will be the ruling Communist Party, celebrating a victory historians say was largely won by others.
Through the test of time
Life, Published on 03/08/2015
» At 76, Pramon Sutivong still works relentlessly. As his friends enjoy retirement, this former business executive has entered politics as chairmen of Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT), a position that has put him on the spot and even under threat (someone shot into his home once). After last year's coup, he joined the National Reform Council (NRC) and is helping draft a policy on the fight against corruption. Recently, Pramon penned his autobiography Karn Vayla Jareuk Khon (Through the Test of Time). The book was launched early this year and received positive reviews.
Sino-Japanese conflict more than just melodrama
Life, Published on 16/06/2014
» How do we decide which versions of history are remembered and which are overlooked? China’s role during World War II is generally considered secondary to the West’s in the struggle against fascism. Yet Rana Mitter’s gripping book on China’s eight-year clash with Japan disputes this subordination and argues that the conflict’s legacy can be linked to China’s position in the world today.
China's wartime history getting fresh examination
News, Published on 18/08/2013
» Around this time of year, speculation in Asia always runs high as to whether Japan's prime minister or other prominent politicians will visit the Yasukuni Shrine (This year Prime Minister Shinzo Abe did not visit, although three members of his cabinet did). The shrine, which honours more than a thousand indicted war criminals who took part in Japan's disastrous war in Asia, remains a place of fascination for Japanese rightists, who persist in claiming that Japan's war in Asia was a war of liberation against Western imperialism.