China Media Group Co-hosts Event at UN Headquarters

On August 13, 2025, the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations and the state-run China Media Group (中央廣播電視總台) co-hosted a cultural exchange event at the United National Headquarters in New York to commemorate the the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War — China’s language for the end of World War II. In remarks to the event, called “Echoes of Peace,” Fu Cong (傅聰), the PRC’s permanent representative to the UN, said China was “proud to be the first country to sign the United Nations Charter,” a statement obscuring the fact that it was the Republic of China (ROC), the current government of Taiwan, that originally signed the Charter in 1945. Shen Haixiong (慎海雄), president of China Media Group, delivered video remarks stating the event aimed to “promote the correct historical view of World War II.” According to Shen, the correct view meant recognizing “the united front against Japanese aggression advocated and established under the banner of the Chinese Communist Party.” The remarks highlighted a key propaganda aspect of 80th anniversary celebrations organized by China, which were meant to rewrite the history of China’s war of resistance to define the CCP’s role as primary — and the CCP, by extension, as a key founder of the UN system.