Liu Zhuonan, a special correspondent from Yangcheng Evening News in Beijing
"When our motherland is strong, our backbone will stand tall!" " On the afternoon of September 1st, the press center for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War held the second press conference. Representatives of overseas Chinese, including Lin Wenmeng, the president of the Myanmar Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yang Boyao, the chairman of the Guangdong Yishan Association in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Fang Zhiwei, the honorary president of the Fiji Chinese Cultural, Artistic and Economic Federation, Xu Songhua, the president of the Spanish Chinese Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association, and Yu Junwu, the director of the Sydney Huaxing Art Troupe in Australia, introduced the commemorative activities held by overseas Chinese around the world and their contributions to the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Face the situation and answer the journalists' questions.
Let more overseas Chinese share the glory of the motherland
The September 3rd military parade will showcase a great many advanced and new types of weapons and equipment. Our troops and our motherland are very powerful. Anyone who wants to invade China or interfere with our peaceful reunification should think twice. At the scene, 77-year-old overseas Chinese Xu Songhua, with white hair all over his head, said firmly.
Xu Songhua is a renowned overseas Chinese leader and social activist in Spain. In 2015, he was invited to attend the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. In 2021, I was invited to attend the grand ceremony celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
I have participated in many major events of my motherland, and I am still very excited this time. Many people are looking forward to the September 3rd military parade. Xu Songhua said that 33 overseas Chinese from Spain participated in the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. They will record what they saw on the spot and send it to Spain so that overseas Chinese in Spain can share this glory.
Yu Junwu is a Chinese artist from Australia, whose ancestral home is Chuzhou, Anhui Province. For over 30 years, he has held nearly a hundred large-scale cultural events during traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as on major commemorative days, making significant contributions to promoting cultural exchanges and friendly people-to-people interactions between China and Australia. The longing of overseas Chinese for Chinese culture contains tremendous energy. How to unite this energy to take effect is of great significance. I believe it is our responsibility to use culture to build a platform, allowing the concept of peace to transcend national boundaries and become an eternal driving force for human development. Yu Junwu said.
Overseas Chinese of Guangdong origin continue their patriotic sentiments
On that day, two Chinese people whose ancestral home is in Guangdong also came to the meeting site to share their patriotic stories.
Yang Boyao is a Chinese from Malaysia, with his ancestral home in Meizhou, Guangdong Province. For many years, he has been in charge of the maintenance and memorial services at the cemetery of the South Chinese Overseas Chinese Motorists, actively promoting their patriotic deeds and facilitating the construction of the South Chinese Overseas Chinese Motorists Memorial Park and Memorial Hall. He also organized many "Public Memorial Activities for the People of Malaya Who Suffered in World War II" to pay tribute to the Chinese compatriots who were persecuted by the Japanese army during World War II, and promoted the publication of the manual "Eternal Spirit: Monument to the People of Malaya Who Suffered and Died in World War II".
During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, over 3,200 overseas Chinese mechanics from the South crossed thousands of miles and oceans to return to their motherland to support the war. Their spirit of dedication is highly worthy of promotion. We must pass on this story and let more young people know about it. Yang Boyao said.
Fang Zhiwei, whose ancestral home is Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, is the grandson of Fang Zuobiao, a well-known overseas Chinese leader in Fiji. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Fang Zuobiao sold his family property and used his life savings to purchase one fighter jet to donate to his motherland. He also mobilized overseas Chinese in New Zealand, Australia and other places to donate three fighter jets. My grandfather was a patriotic businessman. Although he didn't have a high level of education, he was very patriotic. He named his child "Guoqiang", "Fumin", "Xing", etc., hoping that the next generation would remember that "there is no home without a country". I have now also sent my daughter back to China, hoping to carry forward Chinese culture and tell good Chinese stories. Fang Zhiwei said.
