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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhua) — “The USSR has provided China with valuable assistance, including weapons and military equipment, as well as military advisory support,” said Zhang Jianhua, vice chairman of the All-China Society for the Study of the History of the USSR and Eastern Europe and a professor at Beijing Normal University.
80 years ago, the dawn of justice broke through the fog of war and the bell of peace echoed across the Eurasian continent.
The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War, and the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War.
As the main theaters of war in Asia and Europe, in the brutal war between good and evil, China and Russia were the main forces in the joint fight against fascism and militarism.
“China has encountered the vicious Japanese militaristic forces and the most brutal forces in the fascist camp,” said Wang Lei, a professor at the School of Public Administration at Beijing Normal University.
“The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression started earlier and lasted longer than all other battles,” Zhang Jianhua said.
Zhang Jianhua noted that during the anti-Japanese war, the USSR sent its military advisers and pilots to China, who participated in air battles in the skies over Nanjing, Beijing, Chongqing and other Chinese cities, and among them, more than 200 dead pilots were buried in China.
According to Sun Yanling, a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Party History and Documentation under the CPC Central Committee, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the medical assistance provided by the USSR was very important. It mainly included the supply of medicines and medical equipment, as well as the dispatch of medical personnel.
“Mutual assistance and unity between the peoples of Russia and China during the Second World War became an important factor in the fight against fascism and militarism,” noted the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov.
It is worth noting that the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression played an important role in winning the World Anti-Fascist War.
According to Zhang Jianhua, the 14-year anti-Japanese war of the Chinese people contained the Japanese army on the Chinese mainland, preventing their main force from attacking the USSR from northeast China or sending troops to strengthen their military power on the battlefield in Southeast Asia.
“The European theatre of military operations is certainly not the only one in this tragic history; the millions of victims suffered by the Chinese people should not be forgotten,” noted E. Primakov.
This year also marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. As founding members of the UN and permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Russia bear a particularly important responsibility for maintaining world peace and development.
E. Primakov emphasized that the joint efforts of the two countries to counter the falsification of history and strengthen cooperation in the humanitarian sphere play a key role in maintaining stability in the world.
80 years later, the smoke of war has long cleared, but the echoes of history are still clear.
“History teaches us that peace must be defended, and only cooperation can lead to mutual benefit,” Zhang Jianhua said, adding that China and Russia suffered great sacrifices in the World Anti-Fascist War, so the two countries’ desire for peace is particularly deep. -0-