What is Victory Day in China?

“Victory Day” on September 3 would commemorate Japan's surrender in the “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression,” China's name for its fight against Imperial Japan before and during World War II.Sep 4, 2014 read more

Victory over Japan Day Victory Day Observances. Victory Day in China has not been observed since 2015. Holiday currently only shown for years 2000–2049. read more

The Victory Day ceremony showed how closely the CCP has bound its own legitimacy to the legacy of World War II and thus, implicitly, to modern China-Japan relations. In CCP rhetoric, the “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression” was both modern China’s greatest tragedy and its greatest triumph. read more

Victory Day is a holiday that commemorates the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945. It was first inaugurated in the 16 republics of the Soviet Union, following the signing of the German Instrument of Surrender late in the evening on 8 May 1945 (after midnight, thus on 9 May Moscow Time). read more