Panel: Remembering China’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression

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  Commemorative activities have been held across China to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender in World War II.

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  The surrender was announced on August 15, 1945.

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  When China first faced the onslaught of Japanese militarism in 1931,

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  it was 10 years earlier than the Pearl Harbor attack.

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  Between 1931 and 1945,

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  China's war of resistance against the Japanese aggression resulted in more than 35 million Chinese military and civilian casualties.

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  So how did the war shape contemporary China?

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  What was China's contribution to the Allied powers' defeat of Japanese militarism?

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  And why does commemorating that part of history matter?

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  These questions and much more in this edition of the program.

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  So joining us now on the line are Peter Katznik,

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  professor of history and director of the Nuclear Studies Institute, American University.

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  Warwick Powell,

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