How pen and paper also fought the war

Away from the guns and bullets on the battlefields of World War II, China also courageously fought invaders using words and ideas.

On Aug 14, the day before the 70th anniversary marking Japan's surrender to the Allies, a major exhibition kicked off in Beijing's National Museum of Classic Books, which is affiliated to National Library of China. The show looks at the efforts made by China's literati to safeguard their homeland.

The Immortal Great Wall displays 1,500 pieces of text and video files recorded during the war. It is the library's biggest exhibition of documents on the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) since the founding of New China in 1949.