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Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, May 8 /Xinhua/ – China made a great contribution to the overall victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, Ekaterina Zaklyazminskaya, head of the Center for World Politics and Strategic Analysis at the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICSA RAS), said in an interview with Xinhua.
“China really made a big contribution to the victory because it was the field that allowed Japanese aggression to be contained on the Eastern Front,” she said, adding that during the World Anti-Fascist War, China was a “shield” for many other states, including the Soviet Union.
According to E. Zaklyazminskaya, if it were not for the contribution of the Chinese people, the Japanese army could have advanced further and captured more territories, and even more people would have suffered. “China sacrificed itself, its people,” she emphasized.
The expert noted that through joint efforts, China and the USSR were able to expel Japanese militarists from Chinese territory and stop Japanese aggression. These were very sad, but at the same time very touching pages of bilateral history, she said.
Speaking about the proper attitude to the results of the World Anti-Fascist War, E. Zaklyazminskaya emphasized that attempts to distort the historical truth are unacceptable. “We must support the truth about the events of those years, about the events of the Second World War. In no case should we allow the falsification of the events of that time, because we must remember that the victory was achieved with great difficulty. This is our common victory, and it laid the foundations of the modern world,” the expert believes.
E. Zaklyazminskaya is also confident that the international system with the UN as its core, the formation of which was not easy, must be supported and preserved.
“It is extremely important that both Russia and China support true multipolarity, true multilateralism,” she stressed, adding that both countries strive to ensure that the voice of developing countries is heard, so that countries of the Global South can conduct independent foreign policies. –0–