Seventy years on, only a handful of Chinese combatants are still alive, and although most are now age 90 or older, their memories of the conflict are still vivid.
If Japan wants to reconcile with China over wartime history, it should look to the example set by Germany, a senior Chinese scholar of Japan studies told China Daily.
Japan's former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said he expected current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to face up to history, admit Japan's aggression and apologize to the victims during his statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War II.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expeced to include the words "apology" and "aggression" on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War WWII.
China needs to exercise strategic patience, wait for it to change and make its strategic intentions clear to its neighbors, in order to prepare for a Japan after Abe.
Japan's revisionists who deny the country's historical aggression should explain to the rest of the world how these Japanese soldiers came to die in those countries.
The Chinese People's War of Resistance against the Japanese Aggression had played a key role in the Global War against Fascism, a South Korean historian said.
Japan's military aggression against China has been captured in a new series of books containing 25,000 photos taken since 1894.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the world is waiting for Japan's reaction as the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II nears.
Wartime slave laborers unhappy with offer but take it because of their age
China is committed to helping integrate the Asia-Pacific region through its "Belt and Road Initiative".
We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to provide proper and adequate assurances of their good faith in such action.
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