Remembering friends, not allies: World War II memory in contemporary China

Abstract

Despite efforts in the People's Republic of China (PRC) to normalise and refashion the memory of World War II for the purposes of domestic and international self-legitimation, the Chinese party-state has refrained from embracing the notion of 'Allies' in its official remembrance, barring a few notable exceptions. This article revisits the wartime relations between the Republic of China and the Commonwealth of Australia to outline the history, local memory and official remembrance of China's onetime Allied cooperation, while highlighting related trends in academic scholarship and heritage work.Asian Studie

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