Celebrations mark liberation of Taiwan

From: China Daily | Date: October 24, 2005| Author: Wang Zhuoqiong | Copyright information

Activities on the Chinese mainland to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Taiwan from Japan have improved relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, according to a visiting scholar from Taiwan.

Many events have been held to commemorate the victory of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

Taiwan was ceded to Japan under the "Treaty of Shimonoseki," signed by the Qing Dynasty government after it was defeated in the Sino-Japanese w...

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