Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a speech on Sept. 3, 2015 before the start of the country's first ever V-Day parade. (Xinhua)
In that devastating war (the World Anti-Fascist War), the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression started the earliest and lasted the longest.
The Chinese people held ground in the main theater in the East of the World Anti-Fascist War, thus making major contribution to its victory.
Prejudice, discrimination, hatred and war can only cause disaster and suffering, while mutual respect, equality, peaceful development and common prosperity represent the right path to take.
War is the sword of Damocles that still hangs over mankind. We must learn the lessons of history and dedicate ourselves to peace.
All countries should jointly uphold the international order and system underpinned by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, build a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation and advance the noble cause of global peace and development.
We Chinese love peace. No matter how much stronger it may become, China will never seek hegemony or expansion. It will never inflict its past suffering on any other nation.
I hereby announce that China will cut troops by 300,000.
