The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression： Pain, Learning and Hope

Sixty years on from the surrender of Japanese invaders, the nightmare of cruelty and devastation that they inflicted on China still lingers. China fought Japan from September 18. 1931 to August 15, 1945. This 14-year-long war caused 35 million casualties - one-tenth of the then Chinese population - and material losses of US $600 billion. As the main Eastern battlefield of World War Ⅱ, China's losses were the heaviest of all countries in the region. Atrocities inflicted on the Chinese people by the Japanese Fascists were no less shocking than those suffered by Jews at the hands of the Nazis.