Dates Japan cannot deny

China's proposal to establish a national memorial day for those who died during the Nanjing Massacre in 1937 and a commemorative day for victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) is an unequivocal demonstration of its resolve to safeguard regional and world peace.

It serves as a reminder to the far-right forces in Japan, ahead of global activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of victory in the anti-fascist war, that history should not be forgotten.

The brutalities committed by the Japanese invaders left a lasting scar in the hearts of the Chinese people. Tens of millions of Chinese people were killed, including the more than 300,000 people that were brutally slaughtered in the Nanjing Massacre in 1937. Japanese troops also conducted lethal biochemical experiments on live Chinese captives and committed numerous acts of rape and other appalling atrocities.