Central to this endeavour has been an attempt to link China’s contemporary power to what political scientist Rana Mitter has called “a morally weighted narrative about China’s role in the global order” based on its experience of the Second World War. Chinese suffering and resistance during the “War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression”, as the Second World War is known in China, have been central components of a state-led promotion of historical memory, which presents China “not only as powerful, but as just and moral” due to its contributions to the Allies’ ultimate victory.
søndag 25. mai 2025
Michael Clarke: Xi’s history lesson amid Putin’s party
Chinese President Xi Jinping used his 7–10 May state visit to Russia, which included Second World War commemorations in Red Square, to not only signal China’s ongoing alignment with Moscow but to burnish a historically based Chinese claim to leadership in international affairs.
Central to this endeavour has been an attempt to link China’s contemporary power to what political scientist Rana Mitter has called “a morally weighted narrative about China’s role in the global order” based on its experience of the Second World War. Chinese suffering and resistance during the “War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression”, as the Second World War is known in China, have been central components of a state-led promotion of historical memory, which presents China “not only as powerful, but as just and moral” due to its contributions to the Allies’ ultimate victory.
Central to this endeavour has been an attempt to link China’s contemporary power to what political scientist Rana Mitter has called “a morally weighted narrative about China’s role in the global order” based on its experience of the Second World War. Chinese suffering and resistance during the “War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression”, as the Second World War is known in China, have been central components of a state-led promotion of historical memory, which presents China “not only as powerful, but as just and moral” due to its contributions to the Allies’ ultimate victory.
