A social media account run by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has strongly criticised the production and sale of toys depicting Japan’s World War II biological warfare unit, accusing them of promoting a distorted version of history. “On issues of national sentiment and historical justice, there is no room for opportunism or ambiguity,” the account…
For a movie about a particularly dark chapter of China’s history, 731 has been doing exceptional business. The film, released on Thursday, focuses on Japan’s Unit 731, which conducted biological warfare in northeastern China during the second world war, using disease prevention research as cover to kill civilians. It has topped the Chinese box office,…
Air raid sirens sounded in more than 100 cities across mainland China on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the “Mukden Incident” in 1931, the beginning of Japan’s invasion of China. The incident refers to the evening of September 18 when the Japanese Kwantung Army in Shenyang, Liaoning province, used an explosion on the South…