China: Remember history to safeguard peace
As air-raid sirens wailed in Chinese cities on Friday to commemorate the September 18 Incident, alarm bells should toll for a dangerous rise of Japanese neo-militarism today. On Sept. 18,…
Xinhua Commentary: 81 years on, Japan must not turn back the clock
On the 81st anniversary of Japan’s unconditional surrender in World War II, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi visited the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine. So did a group of the ruling…
At the gateway to China’s resistance, war scars remain as life blooms
At a site in Beijing where pockmarks from artillery shells still scar the ancient city walls, a new shop selling porcelain from China’s porcelain capital Jingdezhen, has opened its doors…
Memories of the historic July 7th Incident echo 89 years on
The July 7th Incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge Incident, which occurred in 1937, is recognized as the start of Japan’s full-scale invasion of China, and China’s whole-of-nation resistance…
China Focus: 80 years on, Tokyo Trial still speaks to Asia’s unhealed past
The wall stands in silence, but it does not let history go unheard. On the public memorial square of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese…
China publishes Tokyo Trials records translation, opening new historical access
This photo taken on April 30, 2026 shows the comprehensive Chinese translation of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East records in Shaoxing, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua) Eighty…