Remembering the Forgotten
China’s wartime experience is just still less well-covered in much of the outside world than other major theaters such as Western Europe, North Africa and the Pacific.
China’s wartime experience is just still less well-covered in much of the outside world than other major theaters such as Western Europe, North Africa and the Pacific.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has developed into an important international mechanism for global governance and international cooperation.
If it succeeds, the organization will not just represent nearly half of humanity on paper, it will shape the daily economic lives of that half in tangible, lasting ways.
World War II was a truly global cataclysm, fought across continents by diverse peoples whose sacrifices demand recognition. Until we acknowledge that truth, we remain trapped in a story that serves power rather than history, a story where victors write the script, and everyone else fades to black.
To remember is also to commit ourselves to peace. And so, in the name of tens of millions of victims, we should affirm that barbarity must never again be accepted, nor disguised as civilization.
Beijing’s efforts to pursue peace through dialogue, support for the U.N.-centered governance system and promotion of mutual coexistence, multilateralism and non-interference embody its apolitical vision to safeguard security and foster the peaceful development of all nations.
The trend is clear: As China becomes a more influential player on the global stage, it has used multiple soft power methods to make the world a better place.
Despite Japan’s indulgence in ostrich syndrome, the Chinese government always hopes that facing and accepting realities are the sole solution to a stable and sustainable future.
China’s dedication to supporting global development—whether through trade or aid—is now second to none. It beckons a new model for global peace and security, one that we might eventually recognize as representing a new era of real peace, a Pax Humana.
The memory of the past must strengthen us in the present to assure that the world our fathers and grandfathers bequeathed to us after that horrible conflict will never again devolve into that world of chaos and devastation.
As the world navigates a tumultuous era, China and India, standing at the vanguard of the Global South, bear a solemn responsibility to champion an equitable and harmonious multipolar world.
Beijing champions a philosophy deeply rooted in its own civilizational ethos: The wise win without battle; peace is preserved by avoiding the need to fight, not by fighting.