On August 27, University of Civil Service held a thematic lecture to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Zhao Shangsen, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Chinese Embassy in The Gambia, was invited to deliver a speech. Nearly 100 faculty members and students of the university attended the event.

    Zhao Shangsen explained the historical background of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to the attendees and reviewed the entire course of the Chinese people's struggle, from rising up to resist aggression to achieving final victory. He emphasized that the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression opened up the main eastern battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War and made a decisive historical contribution to the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. The return of Taiwan to China is an important outcome of the victory of World War II, and UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 is a political document embodying the one-China principle. International practice has fully confirmed its legal effect, which admits of no misinterpretation or challenge.

    After the lecture, faculty members and students present actively raised questions. Zhao Shangsen had in-depth exchanges with them on China-Gambia relations, China-Africa relations, the Taiwan question and other topics.