China News Service, Taipei, October 25 (Reporter Lu Mei) On the 81st anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and Taiwan's liberation, more than 20 Taiwanese civil organizations, including the United Alliance Party, the Taiwan Workers' Party, and the Taiwan Political Victims Mutual Aid Association, held commemorative activities in the square in front of Taipei's Zhongshan Hall on the 25th, issuing calls to oppose the expansion of Japanese militarism, oppose "Taiwan independence," and safeguard peace.
Zhongshan Hall in Taipei City was the place where the surrender ceremony of Taiwan Province in the Chinese Theater was held after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. It was called the "Taipei Public Hall" at that time. The inscription on the Monument to the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the Restoration of Taiwan in the square reads: "The Anti-Japanese War demonstrated the Chinese nation's great spirit of hardship and resistance to foreign aggression. I would like to use this monument to commemorate the compatriots who sacrificed their lives in the Anti-Japanese War."
On the 25th, people from all over Taiwan laid flowers at the monument and sang "Taiwan's Liberation Memorial Song".
Wang Yong, chairman of the United Alliance Party, said that Taiwan's liberation was a result won by Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait at great sacrifice, and marked that the Taiwanese people were finally freed from Japanese colonial oppression. "Taiwan independence" forces collude with Japanese right-wing forces and seek separatism, which will ultimately endanger the lives and safety of the Taiwanese people and the common interests of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. We firmly oppose it.
Ji Xin, publisher of Taiwan's "Observation" magazine, said that the Democratic Progressive Party's forged "Taiwan independence" historical view has completely distorted the historical facts of World War II and Taiwan's recovery, and deliberately downplayed the historical significance of Taiwan's recovery.
The mainland established the "Taiwan Liberation Day" last year, which was proposed by people from all walks of life in Taiwan, including Ji Xin. "Today marks the first anniversary, and I am particularly pleased to see both sides of the Taiwan Strait commemorating Taiwan's liberation together." She said that this is an affirmation of the significant contribution made by Taiwan compatriots to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and also proves that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have always been a community with a shared future.
Chen Fu, a chair professor at Taiwan's Fo Guang University, pointed out that Taiwan's speech environment is now tightened, and people cannot even say that they are Chinese or talk about the issue of reunification. "How can any bloody Chinese accept this?" Taiwanese youth You Zhibin also said that in today's Taiwan, those who openly say that they are Chinese should not be discriminated against or suppressed.
"China is the integrity and the root of the nation. If a nation does not know where it comes from, it will not know where it is going." Taiwanese youth Li Daoxiang said, I am Chinese, not to fight against anyone, but to move into the future with confidence and dignity.
At the commemoration event, representatives of the organizers read a joint statement, demanding that Japan face up to its historical responsibilities and stop amending the constitution and expanding its military. He also called on the United States not to condone the resurgence of Japanese militarism and not to play the "Taiwan card." I would like to warn the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces not to collude with the Japanese right wing and push the Taiwanese people into the pit of war.
