A nation that swears by people, peace and justice

China marked the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) and World War II with various activities and a victory parade in Beijing on Thursday. In his speech on the occasion, President Xi Jinping thanked the people from foreign countries that helped China fight the Japanese aggressors.

This is not to say that Chinese do not have a liking for Japan and Japanese products. For example, Japanese products remain popular in China and many Chinese school and university students are still learning the Japanese language. What Chinese people hate is the attitude of some Japanese leaders toward Japan's brutal past; the Chinese have a problem with Japanese policies, not with the Japanese people.

As Xi said in his speech while referring to colonialism, some countries are arrogant enough to think they are better than other countries and, therefore, people in those countries have to be their slaves. Nazi Germany thought the same way and started the most devastating war in human history, which also led to its downfall.