(250930) — BEIJING, Sept. 30, 2025 (Xinhua) — This photograph taken on Sept. 24, 2025 reveals 98-year-old Xu He, a veteran of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance in opposition to Japanese Aggression, posing with a portrait of his youthful self in army uniform. Born in 1927, Xu joined the New Fourth Army in 1944. China’s prime legislature permitted designating Sept. 30 as Martyrs’ Day in 2014 to commemorate those that sacrificed th
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CHINA-MARTYRS’ DAY-VETERAN-PORTRAIT (CN)
