Study Notes | The Epic of Indomitable Patriotism

Chinese people commemorate the Victory Day of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Martyrs’ Day, National Memorial Day for the Nanjing Massacre victims… Each solemn moment honoring the heroes in the name of the country, the national anthem resounds time and time again. “Arise! Those who refuse to be slaves! Let our blood and flesh compose a new Great Wall for us…” The ‘March of the Volunteers,’ born in the flames of resistance against Japan, stirs the hearts of every Chinese. After fourteen years of bloody struggle, the great national spirit centered on patriotism was the decisive factor in the Chinese people’s victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Looking back on that deeply painful history, General Secretary Xi Jinping once vividly described the scene of ‘mothers seeing off their sons to fight the Japanese invaders, wives bidding farewell to their husbands as they go to the battlefield, men, women, and children all mobilizing.’ In a letter to new recruits from Nankai University, the General Secretary mentioned that during the war, many Nankai students… [1337 chars]