War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea

[Randy W]

from CGTN - Veterans recall War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, or the Korean War as it is known in the U.S.

War Against American Aggression

A very interesting series on China's perspective of the Korean War that was posted while our site was out

You'll see various segments of the hour-long documentary linked to from this page:
Why did China get involved in the Korean War?

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The Korean Armistice Agreement was signed on July 27, 1953. Fighting in the Korean War ended after three years and one month. During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, U.S.-led and South Korean forces' casualties mounted to around 710,000, and the Chinese People's Volunteer (CPV) Army suffered around 366,000 casualties. "Once we entered Korea, none of us had any hope that we'd return home alive. The attitude was, if we die, we die. Once the fighting begins, you don't care if you die," said a CPV veteran. This part of CGTN's documentary "Enemy on the doorstep: China's involvement in the Korean War" shows CPV veterans recalling the events that defined history.

Chinese leadership reaches consensus in Korean War involvement

on CGTN - "Enemy on the doorstep: China's involvement in the Korean War"

. . . or the entire documentary (50:28) on YouTube
Enemy on the doorstep: China's involvement in the Korean War
 

 

Edited July 27, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Randy W]

July 27 marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53).

Experts' take on War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea

from China Daily via chinamil.com

Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the Taoxian international airport in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, Sept 16, 2022. [Photo by Chen Song/For chinadaily.com.cn]

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Editor's note: July 27 marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53). The anniversary should be commemorated to highlight the importance of peace, laud the decision of the then leaders which in the long run helped the country's development, and pay respects to the Chinese People's Volunteers force for making great sacrifices to defend the motherland. Three experts share their views on the issue with China Daily.

Some people have questioned China's decision to aid the DPRK and resist US aggression, and have questioned whether the cost in lives was worth it. It is not difficult to answer these questions if we consider the situation at that time.

Although it was at the request of the DPRK that China's leadership decided to send the Chinese People's Volunteers force to the peninsula. China also had to safeguard its own national security. With the intervention of Washington, the fighting did not stop at the 38th Parallel, along which a buffer or demilitarized zone had been established. As the US bombed border cities and towns on the border between China and the DPRK, it posed a threat to China's national security, with some in the US calling for the war to be extended into China.

Since the expansion of the war into China would have had severe consequences for the newly founded People's Republic, Chairman Mao Zedong announced that China needed to restore peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Some people think the hostilities ended a stalemate because after the signing of an armistice, the two sides returned to their respective pre-war positions separated by the 38th Parallel. But the fact that the ill-equipped Chinese People's Volunteers force, who made huge sacrifice during the war, did not retreat in face of the US-led forces, which had the most advanced weapons and equipment shows that the Chinese side was the victor in the war. When the fighting finally ceased around the 38th Parallel, the Chinese volunteers force had advanced about 300 kilometers from the China-DPRK border, at one stage even reaching near the 37th Parallel.

 

 

[Randy W]

Don't EVER Do That Again!!

This goes back to the death of Mao Zedong’s eldest son, Mao Anying, who was killed in an American air strike during the Korean War on November 25, 1950.

Chinese celebrity chef vows to never cook egg fried rice again after nationalist backlash

from CNN

A delicious dish that's more controversial in some months than others.

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 But in recent years, the popular stir-fry has become a highly sensitive subject for China’s online nationalists, especially around the months of October and November.

Emotions are running so high this week that one of the country’s most famous chefs has been forced to apologize – for making a video on how to cook the dish.

 “As a chef, I will never make egg fried rice again,” Wang Gang, a celebrity chef with more than 10 million online fans, pledged in a video message on Monday.

Wang’s “solemn apology” attempted to tame a frothing torrent of criticism about the video, which was posted on Chinese social media site Weibo on November 27.

Angry nationalists accused Wang of using the video to mock the death of Mao Zedong’s eldest son, Mao Anying, who was killed in an American air strike during the Korean War on November 25, 1950.

 

 

Edited December 1, 2023 by Randy W (see edit history)