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Hard truths of World War II history

Published Wed, Jul 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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SINCE early this year, Beijing has been capitalising on the fact that 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and has repeatedly sought to embarrass Japan by reminding the world of its aggression against China in the 1930s and 1940s.

China is also making use of the anniversary to show off its new-found status as a world power by staging a military parade on Sept 3.

Beijing has just announced that it has invited Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan to attend the celebration activities.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry simultaneously announced…

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