1,011 returned CPV martyrs honored in Shenyang cemetery

A ceremony was held to honor the 1,011 martyrs of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) buried at the Shenyang Cemetery for Martyrs of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea at this permanent rest place of these heroes in the provincial capital of Liaoning in northeast China on Tuesday.

Five flower baskets were presented to the soldiers who laid down their lives 70 years ago to mark China's 12th Martyrs' Day. The remains of the 1,011 CPV soldiers were returned from South Korea in 12 batches and buried at the Shenyang cemetery since 2014.

The returning began on March 28, 2014, when the first group of 437 martyrs was brought home and buried at the Shenyang cemetery. In the same year, the cemetery built a memorial wall carrying the names of more than 197,000 CPV soldiers who died in the war.

From 2015 to 2019, the remains of another 162 CPV soldiers were returned in five separate transfers. In September 2020, China deployed its Y-20 transport aircraft for the first time to carry 117 fallen soldiers.

A year later in September 2021, the remains of another 109 CPV martyrs returned home. In 2022, the country for the first time sent J-20 stealth fighters to escort the homecoming flight of 88 martyrs.

In November 2023 and 2024, the 10th and 11th groups of the remains of 25 and 43 martyrs respectively were returned. This September, the remains of 30 more fallen soldiers were taken back home.

On October 19, 1950, the CPV crossed the Yalu River and made their way to the Korean battlefield, marking the beginning of the Chinese people's efforts to aid Korea and resists U.S. aggression. They fought the invaders side by side with the Korean People's Army to safeguard peace and combat invasion. By June 1951, the Chinese and the Korean armies had launched five campaigns and driven the U.S. troops back to the 38th parallel line, forcing the U.S. to enter truce talks. The talks were intermingled with fighting and dragged on for two years until a truce was signed on July 27, 1953, marking the end of the war. After fighting the enemies together for two years and nine months, the Chinese and the Korean peoples and armies finally won their war of justice.

The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea resisted Western imperialist aggression, defended the security of New China, protected the peaceful life of the Chinese people, stabilized the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and safeguarded peace in Asia and the world at large.

1,011 returned CPV martyrs honored in Shenyang cemetery

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's official visit to China signals a policy shift towards building a more pragmatic relationship between the two countries, according to a Canadian researcher.

Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin an official visit to China through Saturday, which marks the first trip by a Canadian Prime Minister to the country in eight years.

Robert Hanlon, director and principal investigator of Canada and the Asia Pacific Policy Project (CAPPP) at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, told the China Global Television Network (CGTN) that Carney's visit indicates Canada is recalibrating its strategic perception of China, which could cement the foundation for the country's economic diversification efforts and boost the development of bilateral cooperation.

"I think it's a clear message that he has moved Canada's strategy to a much more pragmatic, interest-based, -focused relationship with our trading partners, moving away from values-based narratives that we might have heard on previous governments. Canada has spoken about moving from what the Prime Minister's Office is calling "from reliance to resilience", and that means diversifying our economies and our trade everywhere in the world. And so China being our second largest trading partner, it makes perfect sense for our PM to head to Beijing," he said.

The scholar also noted the huge cooperation potential between the two sides in economic and trade fields, citing Canada's efforts to step up shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the planned construction of an oil pipeline in Alberta which aims to increase export access to Asian markets. "Canada and China both share tremendous economic opportunities together and so finding ways to enhance our exports. Canada specifically looking to build out its LNG and oil, kind of export market. We know Canada is a major producer of critical minerals and China is a buyer. And so there's a lot of synergy between that kind of those kind of markets," he said.

Canadian PM's visit to China paves way for more pragmatic trade ties: scholar