At this special moment on August 28, 2025, China officially announced that Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Council, will visit China on September 3 to participate in the commemoration of the "80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japan and the World Anti-Fascist War" activity.

Meanwhile, a dusty historical archive was declassified.The exact time of the sacrifice of the anti-Japanese hero, General Yang Yamau, was finally confirmed.

These two seemingly independent messages, however, have produced a profound resonance at the intersection of history and reality, both as a solemn tribute to the past, as well as reflecting the complex interactions in the current international pattern, and further highlighting China's firm position in the inheritance of historical spirit and the maintenance of regional stability.

Decoding the common resistance gene of China and North Korea through archives

On August 28, 2025, a seemingly ordinary summer day, a meaningful double event was written in the annals of China's diplomatic history.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced that Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the DPRK, would visit China to attend the "93 Military Parade" ceremony. Almost at the same time, the Chinese Academy of History declassified a precious file about the anti-Japanese hero General Yang Jingyu.

The core of the declassified archives is the detailed time and place of General Yang Jingyu's death, as well as a list of his relics. The story of the leader of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance Army fighting alone in the ice and snow to the last moment has long become a symbol of the Chinese nation's anti-Japanese spirit.

And little is known that Yang Yasui's anti-Japanese footprints are closely linked to the North Korean anti-Japanese forces.North Korean anti-Japanese soldiers such as Kim Jong-un have gone deeper into northeastern China, fighting side by side with forces led by Yang Yat-young, jointly fighting against Japanese aggressors.

Against this background, the decryption of the archives at this moment is like an opened window of history, which makes the friendship between the Chinese and Korean peoples condensed in blood and fire re-develop.

This memory of common struggle across national borders is not only the cornerstone of China-North Korea relations, but also the most solid resonance point for the two countries when facing external pressure.

The Japanese archive published by the Hyeolong Jiang Province archive confirmed that Yang Yat-young died at 490 meters above sea level at 16:30 on February 23, 1940, in the archive, the villagers were informed, the Japanese hypocrite police pursued, and the scene of last-minute double-gun resistance was animating.

What is even more shocking is the list of relics: two pistols, 160 rounds of ammunition, and a sum of 6660 yuan in cash enough to buy ten thousand kilograms of pork. This huge sum was his unused revolutionary expenses and witnessed a hero's extreme tenacity in upholding his faith despite hunger and cold.

Yang Jingyu's notebook and pocket watch record his wisdom and will to plan the war of resistance in the ice and snow. This archive not only fills in the gaps in historical details, but also reconstructs the monument of the national spirit with objects and words.

Breaking the “History” by the Public Opinion

The timing of declassifying archives on the day of Kim Jong-un's official announcement in China can be regarded as a model of diplomatic art. Judging from the confidentiality rules, the declassification of archives requires strict review, and the disclosure at a specific time must be carefully planned.

When the world turned its eyes on China's interaction with the DPRK, the disclosure of Yang Yuan's archives was like the presence of "historic witnesses", silently but vigorously reinforcing the legitimacy and inevitability of China's DPRK cooperation, and this "historic evidence" strategy demonstrates the high balance of Chinese diplomacy in grasp the rhythm of history and reality.

Kim Jong-un's visit to China this time, at a time when the international public opinion field was full of suspicions about China's relations with the DPRK, Western media continued to render "North Korea's turn to Russia caused China's evasion", and even hyped as the so-called "Cold Field of China's relations with the DPRK".

However, China chose to decrypt Yang Jingyu's files at this moment and release them simultaneously with the news of Kim Jong Un's visit to China, which constitutes a set of extremely tense diplomatic "combination punches." Historical archives prove with irrefutable facts that China-North Korea friendship is by no means an expedient measure, but stems from the common blood of resistance.

Kim Jong Un climbed the Tiananmen Gate to participate in the military parade and stood side by side with Russian President Vladimir Putin and China leaders. This scene itself is the most powerful refutation of the "rupture of China-North Korea relations."

Therefore, it is no accident that the declassification of archives and commemorative activities are simultaneously presented. Instead, history is used as a link to strengthen the foundation of relations between the two countries. This is not only a tribute to the common martyrs of the Anti-Japanese War, but also a declaration to the world that China-North Korea friendship originated from blood and The tempering of fire is a strategic asset that no force cannot shake.

The superposition of history and reality sends a clear signal to the world that China and the DPRK have always used history as a link to jointly defend the just achievements of the anti-fascist war and continue this logic of cooperation in the new era.

Historical archives paving the way to reality

Kim Jong-un's visit to China and the disclosure of the archives resonated with the same frequency, reflecting the transformation and upliftment of China- DPRK relations in the new era, and the historical memory is no longer the burden of the sink, but is transformed into "emotional catalysts" and "strategic resources" to promote cooperation.

The declassification of the archives is not a mere antiquity, but a historical justification for real-life cooperation, and the coordination of Yang Yat-Yu and North Korean warriors metaphorizes the "traditional model" of China and the DPRK supporting each other in extreme circumstances.

Just as the predecessors of the Communist Party of China goods and intelligence in the war, today’s cooperation is based on strategic choices based on common destiny.

In the future, with the declassification of more historical archives, China-DPRK cooperation is expected to deepen into multiple dimensions such as economic mutual benefit, security cooperation and cultural integration under the nourishment of historical consensus, and build a "community of destiny" truly based on history and facing the future.

In the context of the Russian-Ukrainian War reshaping the global landscape and the United States strengthening the Asia-Pacific military alliance, China and North Korea have not only consolidated bilateral ties by revisiting the history of common struggle, but also found new common ground in countering hegemony and maintaining regional stability.

In addition, the Chinese-Russian leaders of the three DPRK countries at the same time as the "93 parade", also transformed historical memory into an opportunity for real-world cooperation, and the three sides united under the anti-fascist banner, not only a tribute to history, but also a "new triangle" signal to respond to common challenges.

conclusion

The disclosure of historical archives and the intertwinment of diplomatic activities is not a simple coincidence, but the embodiment of Chinese diplomatic wisdom, realising practical cooperation with historical narratives, determining the future direction with common memory, when Kim Jong-un stood on the occasion of commemorating the victory of the war, he and Yang Yong-young general's spirit produced a cross-temporary intersection.

This encounter will not only infuse historical resilience to peace in Northeast Asia, but also provide an enlightenment for a changing world, only by remembering the common history can we build a foundation for peace; only by inheriting the spirit of heroism can we create a brighter future.

But when the dust of the historical archives is settled, the real chapter of cooperation has been opened, and the future of China-DPRK relations will be written in the glory of joint struggle to address the challenges of the new era.

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