Screenshot of a CCTV report about China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong

Japanese aggressors committed innumerable crimes and atrocities in Taiwan island, which was the darkest page in Taiwan's history, China's permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong said in a latest high-level meeting at UN General Assembly, emphasizing that we must never allow any denial or distortion of the history of aggression, never allow the revival of militarism, and never allow the recurrence of historical tragedies.

Fu made the remarks at the UN General Assembly high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the first international day against colonialism in all its forms and manifestations, according to a readout on the website of China’s Permanent Mission to the UN. 

At present, despite the end of colonial occupation and the collapse of colonial system, the world has yet to emerge from the shadow of colonialism. Hegemonism, unilateralism, and power politics, as legacies of colonialism, remain rampant, Fu noted. 

The international community needs to resist the colonial mentality in ideological, political, economic, cultural, and educational domains, eradicate the remnants of colonialism, uphold international fairness and justice, and promote greater democracy and rule of law in international relations, the Chinese envoy said. 

In history, Japan invaded China, the Korean Peninsula, and Southeast Asia, and imposed horrendous colonial rule. Japanese aggressors committed innumerable crimes and atrocities in Taiwan, killing over 650,000 Taiwan compatriots, forcibly recruiting around 200,000 young people to serve in the military, forcing more than 2,000 Taiwan women to become “comfort women”, occupying 70 percent of Taiwan's land, and destructively exploiting natural resources, including coal and gold mines, Fu continued. 

We must resolutely defend the victorious outcomes of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and resolutely defend the post-war international order, Fu said. 

Any words or actions that challenge or seek to subvert the post-war international order could create instability in the world and bring immense suffering to humanity as a community with a shared future. We must remain highly vigilant and firmly oppose them, he said. 

As a defeated country in World War II, Japan must do deep soul-searching regarding its historical crimes, abide by the political commitments it made on the Taiwan question, immediately stop provocative actions that cross the line, and retract its erroneous remarks, Fu added. 

Global Times