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Mongolian, Soviet war dead honored

[2015-08-26 07:44]

Beijing-based foreign diplomats visited a monument on Tuesday in Zhangjiakou, 250 kilometers northwest of the Chinese capital, that marks the scene of one of the last battles of World War II.

Soviet pilot who risked his own life to help China

[2015-08-25 16:40]

A Soviet pilot, nicknamed aerial tank, helped China shoot down 7 Japanese aircraft during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

Old campaigner recalls battles as a young man

[2015-08-25 16:02]

Again setting foot on the soil where he fought 70 years ago, wartime scenes came back to General Xu Yingquan, a 93-year-old veteran who took part in a series of battles during China's anti-fascist war.

Scholars protected nation's wartime education

[2015-08-25 07:44]

Over eight years in Hunan and Yunnan provinces, Chinese masters in all subjects gathered at NSAU, producing two future Nobel Prize laureates and eight scientists who were to work on the atomic bomb.

Veterans realize dream of taking wedding photos

[2015-08-25 05:15]

With the help of college students of Zhejiang Normal University, four couples over the age 80 took wedding photos in Jinhua city, east China's Zhejiang province on the afternoon of August 14, 2015.

US captain's China adventure

[2015-08-24 11:35]

Captain Brooke Dolan II traveled to the central battlefront of Hebei province as a US observer in January of 1945 when China was undergoing the final crucial phase of the anti-Japanese war.

From Japanese soldier to Chinese hero

[2015-08-24 07:48]

Hirosumi Kobayashi was thrilled to showoff his invitation to the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

English version of the Chinese anthem

[2015-08-21 13:46]

The March of the Volunteers,the national anthem of China was once heard in an open-air concert in New York – in rusty Chinese. It was in 1941 and the singer was American Paul Robeson.

Tiger still going strong

[2015-08-21 13:35]

Luo Linquan (left), Chinese consul general in San Francisco, visits former "Flying Tiger" pilot Roy Dillon, 92, who fought with China against Japanese aggressors in China during WWII on Aug 20 in San Francisco.

The Flying Tigers, American fighter regiment in China during WWII

[2015-08-20 13:31]

Between August 1941 and July 1942, the Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group (AVG) led by General Claire Chennault, harassed the Japanese forces from the air.

Chinese heroes in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War

[2015-08-20 10:35]

China and the Soviet Union were firm allies in the war against fascism and militarism, forming a bond forged with blood and sacrifice in World War II. Many Chinese devoted themselves to the battle against the German fascists at crucial, difficult times in the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War.

Yan Baohang, A legendary anti-fascist hero

[2015-08-20 10:14]

Yan Baohang (1895-1968), an intelligence agent of the Chinese Communist Party during World War II, obtained the information that Germany was to attack the Soviets on June 22rd in Chongqing in May of 1941. He sent the intelligence to Yan'an through classified channels on July 6th.

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