Vice Chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council Shen Youzhong and others attended the symposium on "U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations after Xi Jinping's visit to the United States" today (27th). (Photo by reporter Cong Changjin)
After the second meeting between Trump and Xi, the White House fact list and the eight key points released by China all mentioned the history of the United States and China fighting side by side in World War II. In response to the narrative of World War II, Shen Youzhong, deputy chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, said today (27th) that the People's Republic of China had not yet been established during World War II, and Xi Jinping was not qualified to talk about the US-China alliance during World War II. my country will use channels to let the United States correctly understand that the Republic of China was a solid ally of the United States during World War II. Scholar Chen Fangyu also reminded that the government did not make it very clear about the relationship between the Republic of China and Taiwan before 1949, and should carefully consider it.
U.S. President Trump mentioned World War II and the Flying Tigers in his speech before the Trump-Xi meeting; Chinese President Xi Jinping also addressed before the meeting and said that neither the American nor the Chinese people would forget the history of "China and the United States fighting side by side against fascist aggression" during World War II.
The list of facts released by the White House after the meeting and the statement issued by China both pointed out that the two heads of state recalled that China and the United States were allies in World War II and fought side by side to win the war.
In addition, the White House fact list also mentioned that since World War II, the forward deployment of U.S. military forces has maintained a free and open Indo-Pacific region and contributed to U.S. prosperity for generations. China also pointed out that the Chinese and U.S. militaries agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding as soon as possible to continue to cooperate in the search for the remains of missing U.S. military personnel in China.
Vice Foreign Minister Chen Mingqi delivered a speech today at a symposium on "The New Situation between the United States, China and Taiwan after Xi Jinping's Visit to the United States". He believed that Trump's intention in mentioning World War II and the Flying Tigers was to point out that "the United States has been assisting China." But what China is best at is distorting history and eating. The historical buffet interprets this as "joint resistance to the aggressive expansion of fascism"; in the future, special attention should be paid to the fact that China may continue to make a big fuss here, claiming that the United States agrees with the statement that it cooperated with China in World War II to "resist Japanese militarism."
Shen Youzhong, deputy chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, said that Xi Jinping is not qualified to talk about the U.S.-China alliance during World War II. Mao Zedong clearly stated that the role of the Communist Party in World War II was "seven parts development, two parts coping, and one part resisting Japan." Moreover, during World War II, the People's Republic of China had not yet been established. It is ridiculous to claim that the "China" in the U.S.-China alliance refers to the People's Republic of China. It now appears that Xi Jinping has continued to spread messages that steer the historical view of World War II in a direction dominated by the People's Republic of China.
In response to China’s mention that China and the United States have agreed to continue to cooperate in searching for the remains of missing US military personnel in China. Shen Youzhong emphasized that there are only two bronze statues of American Flying Tigers General Claire Lee Chennault in the world, one of which is in Hualien County. The Air Force of the Republic of China and the United States Air Force have a long history of cooperation. my country will use channels to let the United States correctly understand that during World War II, the Republic of China was a solid ally of the United States. Today, regardless of geopolitics or economic and trade aspects, Taiwan is the most reliable ally of the United States.
Chen Fangyu, associate professor of the Department of Political Science at Soochow University, is worried that the issue of the narrative of the Republic of China during World War II needs to be addressed. Our country is now forced to defend the Republic of China before 1945, but he does not know whether this will conflict with the mainstream narrative of the current government.
Chen Fangyu pointed out that Foreign Minister Lin Jialong's speech in July last year set the tone. The democratization of the 1990s established Taiwan's subjectivity. However, the government did not make it clear what the relationship between the Republic of China and Taiwan was before 1949 and 1945. The country should carefully consider what the relationship between the Republic of China and Taiwan was before 1949 and how to defend the status of the Republic of China before 1949.
Lin Jialong pointed out in July last year that Taiwan has promoted political liberalization and democratization from the bottom up since the mid-1980s, and completed its first direct presidential election in 1996. Since then, the central executive and legislative representatives of the government of the Republic of China have been elected by the people of Taiwan. It has since become the only legal government that effectively rules and represents Taiwan to the outside world. It has also established the status quo that Taiwan, the Republic of China, and the People's Republic of China exist as equals and are not subordinate to each other. Since then, Taiwan, the Republic of China, has gone through three political party changes, continuing to consolidate Taiwan's democratic system and consciousness of subjectivity.
