President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged the fostering of "a keen sense of a global community of shared future" in the interest of peace.[Special coverage]
"Prejudice, discrimination, hatred and war can only cause disaster and suffering, while mutual respect, equality, peaceful development and common prosperity represent the right path to take," Xi said.
He was speaking at the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
