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Xi Jinping Rewrites WW2 History

Xi Jinping Rewrites WW2 History

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Philip Bowring
Aug 28, 2015
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Massive ceremonies focused on military display are planned by China on Sept. 3 to mark the defeat of Japan in World War II. This is yet another step in the re-writing of history that ignores most of the rest of Asia.

The facts of history are that Japan lost a war with the United States, the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki being the concluding a…

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