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Japan and China commemorate World War II anniversary on different dates

Japan occupied much of China before and during WWII in a devastating and brutal invasion. Nowadays, it is China’s military that raises alarm as it seeks to enforce the government’s territorial claims in the Pacific.

FILE – Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin observe a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat, from Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, on Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
FILE – Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin observe a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s World War II defeat, from Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, on Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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The wartime experience still affects relations between the two countries.

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