LJUBLJANA, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — The sacrifice and contribution of the Chinese individuals throughout World War II stay underestimated globally and deserve wider recognition, former Slovenian President Danilo Turk mentioned in a current interview with Xinhua.
Turk, now a professor of worldwide legislation, mentioned whereas the world normally regards Sept. 1, 1939 as the beginning of World War II, atrocities started earlier in Asia.
“China had many victims in the Second World War and was among the first victims of aggression, long before the war in Europe began,” he mentioned. “China’s contribution to the defeat of Japan and the end of the war remains insufficiently understood, and this historical mistake should be corrected, even 80 years later.”
Reflecting on the struggle’s broader significance, Turk mentioned China was each a sufferer of Japanese militarism and a key contributor to its defeat.
More ought to be completed to lift international consciousness of China’s wartime contribution, he mentioned, noting that it’s a long-term process that requires cooperation amongst historians, writers and filmmakers.
“Young people need to know history. Much has to be done in popular culture, particularly film production, so that the memory of that era is preserved,” Turk mentioned.
Turk additionally highlighted China’s constructive function in safeguarding peace and selling multilateralism.
The world ought to take the Global Governance Initiative proposed by China significantly, he mentioned, including that its 5 core ideas — adhering to sovereign equality, abiding by the worldwide rule of legislation, practising multilateralism, advocating a people-centered method, and specializing in taking actual actions — are all crucial.
“China has sufficient power, self-assurance and wisdom to avoid unnecessary conflicts. It is developing economically and enlarging the circle of cooperation, which makes it well placed to explain how it sees the world today and how it wants the world to be organized in the future,” he famous.