Published: 18:06, October 25, 2025 | Updated: 18:25, October 25, 2025
Saluting the heroes
By Wang Zhan
The "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" is held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
A forum was held on Saturday at the Hong Kong Palace Museum to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931–1945) and the World Anti-Fascist War.
The event aimed to honor the historical significance of the victory and to promote reflection on the past while inspiring a vision for the future.
Hans van de Ven, director of Asian and Middle Eastern studies at St Catherine’s College, the University of Cambridge, speaks during the "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)Lu Fangshang (left), president of Republican China History and Culture Society, speaks during the "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)Jin Yilin, deputy director of the Institute of Modern History at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during the "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)Ho Hon-kuen, principal of the Hong Kong Chinese National History Education Centre, speaks during the "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" at th eHong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)Ip Sum Ming, director of the Curriculum Development Division, Hong Kong Education Bureau, speaks during the "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)Louis Ng, director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, speaks during the "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)The "80th Anniversary of Victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War: Youth Forum" is held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum on Oct 25, 2025. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)
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