H.K. commemorates China's victory over Japan in WWII

HONG KONG, Hong Kong - The Hong Kong government holds a ceremony to mark China's World War II victory over Japan in central Hong Kong on Sept. 3, 2014. About 700 people, including Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, attended the ceremony, the first of its kind since China designated Sept. 3 as the Victory Day of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

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