Memory Recently Retold: The Chinese Historical Writing of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II
Journal: The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong)
Year: 2013

Memories regarding the history of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-1945) and World War II (1939-1945) have always been refreshed in the minds of contemporaries through the retelling of “historical war stories” in various forms including books, posters, films and other media presentations. However, these retellings are often criticised by some academics as distortion of historical facts. This is because many of the present generation of readers and audiences were not even born at the time the e