The grand parade held by China on Sept. 3 is intended to commemorate history, cherish the memory of fallen revolutionary heroes, uphold peace and usher in the future, with no specific countries targeted, said Qu Rui, deputy director of the Office of the Parade Leading Team and deputy chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters.

However, several Japanese media have a wrong understanding of the aim of the parade, saying that the parade aimed to show the muscle of the Chinese army and contain Japan. Such statements are narrow-minded and a distortion of facts. China doesn’t need to conduct a grand parade just to cope with the problems of Sino-Japanese relations. Besides, China never shows off its military strength, and it always keeps a low profile.

It’s unnecessary for Japanese media to “over-interpret” the aim of the parade. In fact, the aim is very clear: to commemorate history, cherish the memory of fallen revolutionary heroes, uphold peace and usher in the future.

Commemorating history means one should never forget the harms caused by Fascist and Japanese militarism, and one should never forget the disaster to Chinese people, Japanese people, and people of other countries brought by the war waged by Japan. By the end of World War II, more than 35 million Chinese were killed or wounded, and its property losses and war consumption amounted to more than 100 billion US dollars during the Japanese aggression. Japan and other Asian countries also suffered huge economic losses.

The parade also aims to cherish the memory of fallen revolutionary heroes. According to the Chinese archives, allied forces killed and wounded about 1.95 million Japanese soldiers in that eight years. About 70 percent of these casualties took place on the battlefields in China.

This article was edited and translated from 评论：中国阅兵秀肌肉牵制日本？少数日媒想歪了》, source:Xinhua