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The phrase “全中国抗日时还没有民进党” – literally “When all of China was resisting Japan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) did not yet exist” – has burst onto Chinese social media and state‑run commentaries as the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan approaches. The slogan, which first appeared in a Beijing Daily editorial and was soon amplified in a Global Times video, is being wielded by mainland officials to cast the Taiwan‑based DPP as a historical revisionist force that betrays a shared Chinese legacy of anti‑Japanese struggle.

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Chinese Coast Guard and PLA Joint Patrol Near Scarborough Shoal Escalates South China Sea Tensions.

On August 29, 2025, the China Coast Guard (CCG) sent vessels out to enforce law‑enforcement patrols in the waters surrounding Huang Yan Island – the feature that Beijing calls the “inherent territory” of China and that the Philippines knows as Scarborough Shoal. The operation, described in Chinese state media as a routine but “firm” assertion of maritime rights, unfolded in tandem with a combat‑readiness patrol carried out by the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Command, which deployed both naval and air assets to the same area.

Beijing is preparing for a series of spectacular events on September 3, a that marks China’s “Victory Day” over Japanese aggression and the broader triumph of the Allied anti‑fascist forces in World War II. This year’s commemorations are especially momentous because they mark the 80th anniversary of the war’s conclusion, a milestone that Chinese officials have turned into a platform for both remembrance and a demonstration of the country’s growing diplomatic and military stature.