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Yomiuri Shimbun
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Yomiuri Shimbun
China Voices No Criticism of Japan at Ceremony Commemorating Marco Polo Bridge Incident
BEIJING — China held a ceremony on Monday to mark the 88th anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, a prelude to the Second Sino-Japanese War. No major criticism of Japan was made at the ceremony, which was held near the bridge in Beijing's suburbs, at a museum memorializing resistance to 'Japanese aggression.' According to state-run news agency Xinhua, the Chinese Communist Party's fifth-ranked official, Cai Qi, who is a member of the Central Committee Secretariat and is also on the Politburo Standing Committee, delivered a speech that stressed how the party fought bravely on the front lines of the resistance. This was the first time for a member of the Politburo — the party's supreme policy-making body — to attend the ceremony since 2022, which marked 85 years since the incident. According to Xinhua, Cai called for unity within the party, urging the thorough implementation of President Xi Jinping's guiding ideology. However, Cai did not make any notable criticisms of Japan in his speech, possibly in consideration of warming ties with Japan. Beijing has labeled this year 'the 80th anniversary of China's victory in the War of Resistance against Japan' and is ramping up its publicity campaign. A special exhibition on the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War and Japan's war crimes started Monday at the museum. Xinhua reported that Xi visited a facility related to the country's fight against Japan in Yangquan, Shanxi Province, on Monday and laid flowers in memory of those who died in battle. A military parade is set to be held at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3, which China celebrates as the anniversary of its victory over Japan.
The Mainichi
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Mainichi
China's Xi warns of US unilateralism in talks with Putin
MOSCOW (Kyodo) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned of "unilateralism and bullying" faced by the international community, in reference to the United States, during his meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to media reports. In his opening remarks, Xi said China will work with Russia to promote an "equal and orderly world multipolarization" as well as "inclusive economic globalization." Beijing and Washington are currently engaged in a tit-for-tat tariff war. Xi is on a four-day trip to Russia to attend a ceremony Friday marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe that Russia observes as Victory Day. A military parade will also take place in Moscow's Red Square. The Chinese and Russian leaders are expected to sign a joint statement on deepening bilateral relations during Xi's visit through Saturday. Putin called Xi his "dear friend" and said Moscow and Beijing should develop their relationship regardless of the international situation, Russia's Tass news agency said. The two leaders, who reaffirmed in 2022 that the bilateral friendship has "no limits," met in-person for the first time since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January for a nonconsecutive second term. On Sept. 3, China will hold an event to mark the 80th anniversary of what it calls its victory in the 1937-1945 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Putin is expected to visit the Asian country to attend the event, Tass has quoted the Kremlin as saying. Before his arrival in Moscow on Wednesday, Xi said in an article published by the Russian Gazette newspaper that China and Russia are "constructive forces" for maintaining stability in the world and improving global governance. He also said the two countries should jointly resist any attempts to sow discord in the bilateral friendship and mutual trust. Russia and China have been strengthening their ties in recent years, with Beijing opposing Western sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine that started in February 2022.
