Chinese Embassy in France holds ceremony for handover of historical Songhu Battle photos

A ceremony for the handover of historical photos taken during the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, donated by Frenchman Marcus Detrez, was held at the Chinese Embassy in France on Monday evening.

During the event, Chen Dong, minister at the Chinese Embassy in France, presented a donation certificate and a letter of thanks from the Shanghai Songhu Memorial Hall for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to Detrez, who had donated 618 historical photographs collected by his grandfather, Roger-Pierre Laurens.

Many of the photos, taken between the 1930s and 1950s, document the Battle of Songhu in 1937. The Shanghai Songhu Memorial Hall for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has incorporated these historical photos into its permanent collection.

These photos document the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders against Chinese civilians, and are of great historical value in the research of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Speaking to reporters at the event, Detrez said that these photos captured history, and he wished that more Westerners, especially young people, would learn about that part of history through these donated photos.

"We're also here to come back with the truth and show it to the rest of the world. That's for us the best act of peace that we may do. A lot of people don't understand this project, and also in the West, Westerners don't understand this, so we're here to show them. They don't learn this at school. No one taught them. They only care about the history of Europe and the United States," Detrez said in a virtual interview with CGTN.

Chinese Embassy in France holds ceremony for handover of historical Songhu Battle photos

China and Canada should work together to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng said in Beijing on Friday.

He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while attending the Canada-China Trade and Investment Banquet together with the visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Speaking at the event, He said that under the strategic guidance of the important consensus reached by their leaders, China and Canada should adhere to the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, win-win cooperation, and mutual success, and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and sustainable development of bilateral economic and trade relations.

China is steadfastly expanding high-standard opening up, continuously developing new quality productive forces, and is willing to work with countries around the world, including Canada, to create new prospects for cooperation, said He.

Carney noted at the banquet that China is Canada's second-largest trading partner and said Canada looks forward to strengthening high-level exchanges with China, making full use of dialogue mechanisms in areas such as the economy and trade, and deepening cooperation in trade, agriculture, energy and other fields.

Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin a four-day official visit to China, marking the first trip to the country by a Canadian prime minister in eight years.

China, Canada should work together for stable, healthy, sustainable economic ties: Vice Premier