War against Japan ‘is our common history’, 2016-2017 KMT chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu says in social media post announcing arrival in Beijing
Hung announced via social media on Tuesday that she had arrived in the mainland capital the previous night and would be present at the parade.
“Today, we are able to attend together and take part in commemorating this victorious moment in a national catastrophe. This is a response to history,” she said in her post.
“The war of resistance against Japan was a battle for the survival of the Chinese nation that is our common history, regardless of province of origin or political party,” Hung added.
The KMT, which then governed mainland China, and the rival Communists formed an alliance to resist Japanese aggression during World War II, which ended with Japan’s surrender in 1945.
