Insights丨80 years on: Reversing confrontation, restoring cooperation

2025 mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. At the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum, China News Network interviewed several international scholars on the subject. They said the world has not fully learned the lessons of World War II, and major-power confrontation is intensifying. Major powers, represented by China and the United States, should jointly safeguard peace.

In addition, President of National Institute of Maritime Affairs of Pakistan VADM. (Ret.) Ahmed Saeed noted that based on China's active defense strategic approach is essentially defensive, new equipment displayed during the grand commemorative meeting on Sept. 3 only helps create an equilibrium in the security domain rather than provoke disruption. (Chen Tianhao, Xue Lingqiao, Gong Weiwei, Diao Wei, Wang Hao)