China Marks 68th Anniversary of Japan's WWII Surrender

　　Chinese nationwide has held anti-war activities on Thursday to mark the 68th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender.

 

　　CRI's Lucy Du has more.

 

　　August 15, 1945 marked the end of the Chinese war against Japanese aggression¹.

 

　　Former Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced in a radio address that the country would surrender to the Allies² 68 years ago.

 

　　People have visited war memorial halls in China to mourn those who died in the war.

 

　　73 year old Zuo Taibei is the daughter of Commander Zuo Quan, the highest-ranking military personnel³ died in the war against Japanese aggression.

 

　　She has arrived at a War Memorial Hall in Beijing early Thursday morning.

 

　　"Losing my father at such an early age is the biggest regret in my life. He is a hero in the war of anti-Japanese aggression. But as a family, nobody else can understand how much a child was hurt when she lost her beloved father."

 

　　An international peace assembly was held in Jinagsu Province's capital of Nanjing on Thursday.

 

　　Many students gathered at the Nanjing Massacre⁴ Memorial Hall to mourn the 300-thousand people who died in the massacre.

 

　　"I can feel that our soldiers have gone through very tough battles. I prefer a peaceful world."

 

　　"Too many people were died at that time. I would like to do all I can to make my mother country stronger."

 

　　Not only Chinese people, but some Japanese peace groups have also attended memorial activities during the past two decades.

 

　　Zhu Chengshan is manager of the massacre memorial hall.

 

　　"Although the Sino-Japan relationship has encountered some difficulties recently, I'm still glad to see increasing exchanges between non-governmental groups and young people from the two countries."

 

　　Zhu also says he wants more and more youth from Japan to know the truth of this part of the history.

 

　　For CRI, I'm Lucy Du.

1 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

2 allies   

联盟国，同盟者； 同盟国，同盟者( ally的名词复数 )； 支持者； 盟军

参考例句：

• The allies would fear that they were pawns in a superpower condominium. 这个联盟担心他们会成为超级大国共管的牺牲品。
• A number of the United States' allies had urged him not to take a hasty decision. 美国的一些盟友已力劝他不要急于作决定。

3 personnel   

n.[总称]人员，员工，人事部门

参考例句：

• The personnel are not happy to change these rules.全体工作人员对改变这些规定很不高兴。
• Personnel has lost my tax forms.人事部门把我的税收表格给弄丢了。

4 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！