President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a memorial ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the start of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Brandon Roy Jersey , which lasted from 1937 until 1945, outside the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Fengtai district, Beijing on Monday. [PhotoCCTV's official Sina Weibo account] President Xi Jinping said on Monday that history and facts can never be changed while attending a ceremony commemorating the start of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
"History is history and facts are facts. Nobody can change history and facts. Anyone who intends to deny, distort or beautify history will not find agreement among Chinese people and people of all other countries Bill Walton Jersey ," Xi said, referring to concern that Japan is trying to distort the history of the war.
The ceremony was held at the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing.
"It's a pity that a small minority of people still ignore the iron-clad history and the fact that tens of millions of innocent people sacrificed their lives in the war nearly 70 years after the victory of the Chinese people's war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the world anti- fascist war," he said.
This minority has repeatedly denied or even beautified the history of invasion, undermining mutual trust among states and creating regional tensions. Such behavior has been strongly condemned by the world's peace-loving people Al-Farouq Aminu Jersey , said Xi.
"History is the best textbook, as well as the best dose of sobriety," Xi said, adding that Chinese people who remember the torment of war have always been in pursuit of peace.
"History tells us that any aggression by force is doomed to fail Portland Trail Blazers Hats ," Xi warned. "China will unswervingly pursue the road of peaceful development and hope all other countries in the world can take the same road."
Xi's remarks came after Japan's reinterpretation of its pacifist Constitution last week.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet endorsed a reinterpretation of its pacifist Constitution on July 1 for the right to collective self-defense, fueling concerns over Japan's return to its past militarism.
Previously, right-wingers in Japan initiated a series of provocations, from the "nationalization" of China's Diaoyu Islands by the former Japanese government to Abe's ridiculous visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan invaded northeast China in September 1931. But historians agree that Japan's full-scale invasion started on July 7 Portland Trail Blazers T-Shirts , 1937, when a crucial access point to Beijing, Lugou Bridge, was attacked by Japanese troops.
Around 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed or injured by Japanese troops during