A mainland spokeswoman blasted Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for making wrong statements on the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945) to deliberately distort history. A grand military parade will be staged in Beijing on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The event will also be attended by representatives of Taiwan compatriots.
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian underlined that it was the cooperation between the Communist Party of China, who led behind-enemy-lines battlefields, and the Kuomintang, who led the front-line battlefields, that secured the final victory over Japanese aggression.
Regarding the commemorative event to be staged in the mainland, the DPP authorities recently claimed that "the CPC is stressing its leading role in the war to prove that Taiwan is part of China", accusing the mainland of "misleading the international community".
In response, Zhu stressed that such deliberate distortion of facts by the DPP authorities to serve their separatist agenda is a betrayal to history and the entire nation.
"The behind-enemy-lines battlefields opened under the leadership of the CPC and the front-line battlefields directed by the Kuomintang worked in concert, forging a strategic front against the Japanese aggressors. This joint effort secured victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and ended 50 years of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, returning the island to the motherland," Zhu said.
"By deliberately distorting the history of the war, the DPP authorities are attempting to justify their separatist rhetoric - betraying history and insulting the sacrifices made by the entire Chinese nation. No matter what the DPP authorities say, they cannot alter the history of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the fact that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China," she said.
Mainland spokeswoman slams Taiwan authorities' distortion of history
