TAIPEI : Taiwan’s authorities on Friday (Could 9) criticised Russia and China for distorting World Struggle II historical past, saying Chinese language communist forces made “no substantial contribution” to combating Japan and as a substitute took the chance to increase their very own forces.
Taiwan has for the reason that begin of this yr sought to forged the struggle as a lesson to China in why aggression will end in failure, remind the world it was not the federal government in Beijing that received the struggle.
The Chinese language authorities on the time was the Republic of China, a part of the US, British and Russian-led alliance, and its forces did a lot of the combating in opposition to Japan, placing on pause a bitter civil struggle with Mao Zedong’s Communists whose army additionally fought the Japanese.
The republican authorities then fled to Taiwan in 1949 after lastly being defeated by Mao, and Republic of China stays the democratic island’s official identify.
Responding to feedback by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Chinese language President Xi Jinping that the struggle was won under the leadership of China’s communist party, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council mentioned it was the Republic of China authorities and individuals who fought and finally received.
“The Chinese language communists solely took the chance to increase and consolidate communist forces, and made no substantial contribution to the struggle of resistance, not to mention ‘main’ the struggle of resistance,” it mentioned.
China’s Taiwan Affairs Workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Xi is in Moscow to attend Friday’s military parade marking the eightieth anniversary of the top of the struggle in Europe.
