Data on overseas Chinese against Japanese aggression made public

An exhibition themed "China and the anti-fascist war" was held at the Museum of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (hereinafter referred to as the museum) in Beijing on September 3, 2014 to celebrate the 69th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (hereinafter referred as the anti-Japanese war).

During the exhibition, a lot of historical data on anti-fascist activities of overseas Chinese and Chinese nationals around the world were made public for the first time.

"The overseas Chinese made an important contribution to the victory of the anti-Japanese war," said Li Zongyuan, deputy director of the museum. The exhibition enriches the data on overseas Chinese's participation in the anti-Japanese war.

Li Zongyuan pointed at a set of photos and said that these photos, which recorded the scenes of more than 13,000 American overseas-Chinese in the Pacific and European battlefields in the World War II, are made public for the first time.

"These are evidences to prove that overseas Chinese and Chinese nationals not only positively supported the anti-Japanese war in China, but also the anti-fascist war around the world," Li Zongyuan added.

During the World War II, overseas Chinese in various parts of the world including the Southeast Asia, America and Europe bravely participated in the anti-fascist war in their respective countries where they lived.

For example, the overseas Chinese and Chinese nationals living Malaysia as well as local Malaysian residents organized the Malaysian People's Anti-Japanese Army and more than 1,000 overseas Chinese and Chinese nationals sacrificed their lives; and a Philippine overseas-Chinese anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment killed more than 2,000 enemies in 1942.