Recently, the Chinese Embassy in Israel in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese people's resistance war and the world anti-fascist war, awarded a commemorative medal to the relatives of a Jewish internationalist anti-Japanese fighter.

The incident subsequently caused concern in Israeli media: a hero forgotten by Israel, China gave him a medal.

Chinese Ambassador Xiao Junzheng presented commemorative medals

According to Xinhua Agency, China Ambassador to Israel Xiao Jun was presenting a commemorative medal to internationalist anti-Japanese soldier Rosen at an event held in the town of Leylong near Jerusalem to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the China People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on August 27 local time. Representatives of relatives awarded the medal to the 80th anniversary of the victory of the China People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

According to reports, Rosenthal, an Austrian of Jewish descent, was exiled to Shanghai in 1939 due to Nazi persecution. In 1941, at the age of 38, Rosenthal volunteered to join the New Fourth Army and used his medical knowledge to help the Chinese people carry out the Anti-Japanese War to the end.

According to public information, Rosenthal died in Israel in 1952.

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Ambassador Xiao Junzheng said at the event that the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was a great victory achieved by the Chinese people fighting side by side with the anti-fascist allies and the people of other countries. The Chinese people will never forget the valuable assistance and support given by friendly countries and international friends.

It is worth noting that Israeli officials sent people to attend the commemoration and delivered a speech. The media called Israel Today lamented when reporting on the incident: "The hero of the Jews was forgotten by Israel, and China gave him a medal."

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Japan calls on countries not to participate in Chinese parades

The following article is from the editorial department of Jinjin Ledao, the author of zcr

China's position, the world's perspective.

According to the Japanese news agency, the Japanese government has asked Eurasian countries not to participate in the parade and other activities held by China next week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the war against Japan.

"September 3rd Military Parade" rehearsal, source: Reuters

The Japanese government demands that Eurasian countries do not participate in China's related activities, which is extremely unfavorable to China and Japan's relations and the Nineteenth National Parade" is not only commemorative, but also reflective value. Japan not only profoundly reflect on itself, but rather hinder it, which shows that in the question of historical reflection, Japan has always had no genuine willingness to solve the problem. 80 years have passed, Japan has not treated this period correctly, but has also shaped itself as a "victim", in Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorials, but never told the Japanese people: why would Japan suffer such a blow?

In recent years, extreme-right forces and thought trends have continued to rise in Japan, and this trend is highly alert. In the Senate elections held in July, the seats of the extreme-right party to participate in the political party for just five years have risen from two prior to the election to 15. Japan¡¯s former ambassador to China, Verchev, even said that China¡¯s power is constantly rising, and Japan should not face China now, but must wait for China to defeat.

Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan Source: Associated Press

It is difficult for China to force Japan to reflect on history, and we do not have the capacity to reflect on it, nor should we have such expectations. Do not always think about saying to the Japanese right wing, ¡°You must reflect well.¡±

As victims of history, we must remember this history, learn from history, seize the development opportunities firmly, and go all out to improve our own strength. Our attitude towards Japan should be: they love to reflect now, not reflect. We cherish peace and love peace, but if Japan still wants to be foolish, it will finally rely on its strength to speak.

The last rehearsal of "93 Military Parade" Source: CCTV News

Why can many countries invade China? Why does Japan dare to launch a comprehensive invasion of China? The core reason is that China's industrial power was far behind the West at the time. After the establishment of the new China, President Mao accurately grabbed this major contradiction, invested a lot of heart and blood to promote China's industrialization, and eventually built the world's largest industrial system. It is with a complete industrial system that we are not afraid of any opponent. Today, we are to further consolidate the industrial advantage, rely on strong industrial production capacity, develop more advanced military forces and scientific and technological power. We have asked Japan to reflect on history, since they do not want to reflect, can; if the future China-Japan contradiction erupted at some point, we solve the problem with absolute strength.

Judging from the current trend, the balance of power between China and Japan is gradually returning to the historical normal. Kenichi Ohmae, an influential management scientist in Japan, once pointed out that China is the natural center of East Asia from the perspective of geographical pattern and historical civilization. Over the past hundred years, the core reason why Japan has become the economic center of East Asia lies in its successful industrialization, which has formed an overwhelming advantage over China. At the same time, he reminded that industrial advantage is essentially knowledge advantage. Once China makes up its mind to learn industrialization knowledge, it is only a matter of time before it catches up with Japan. When China's technological level is equal to Japan's, the two sides will compete for scale. Kenichi Ohmae believes that by 2049, China's economy will reach 10 times that of Japan.

Image Source: Foreign Media

As long as China does not make major strategic mistakes andins the current pace of industrial and technological progress, China's GDP will reach 10 times Japan in 2049. Wait until that day, whether Japan will reflect on history, it is no longer important. For the Chinese, don't hope for Japan to actively reflect - they love how.