Taiwan compatriots fought to liberate nation

Throughout the 50 years of Japanese occupation, more than 650,000 Taiwan compatriots sacrificed their lives resisting their colonizers, he said, which is a vivid demonstration that Taiwan people have always been part of the Chinese nation's struggle for sovereignty.

Taiwan, China engaged in a war of WWII narratives

China said the victory belongs to all Chinese, including “those in Taiwan,” and is also celebrating that the war’s end in 1945 led to Taiwan — a Japanese colony from 1895 — being “returned” to Chinese rule as part of the peace agreement.