By Chen Qinghong

September 6, 2015

"The September 3 military parade in Beijing saw the presence of dozens of heads of state or their special envoys. According to earlier media reports, the Philippines, a victim of the Imperial Japan's aggression in WWII, was one of the only two countries that didn't give a timely and positive response to China's invitation for the ceremony. The other one was Japan, which is still haunted by historical revisionism 70 years after the war.

Manila has its own reasons to show reluctance about Beijing's invitation. From the perspective of the Philippine government, Japan has apologized for its crimes against the Filipinos during WWII, and is now an important strategic partner besides the US."

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