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Events and stories coming up in the next few days

Marking contributions toward war victory

The press center for the commemoration marking the 70th anniversary of China's victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) is scheduled to hold a media briefing this afternoon in Beijing. Catherine Stevens, widow of US Flying Tigers volunteer squadron pilot Ted Stevens; Allen Larsen, member of the Flying Tigers; N. Chuikov, grandson of late Soviet Union marshal Vasily Chuikov; Tsutsui Kenji, son of Tsutsui Shigeo, a Japanese veteran in China's Eighth Route Army; and Jean Louis Bussiere, son of French doctor Jean Augustin Bussiere, who also provided significant support to Chinese victims, are set to talk about the wartime experiences.