Recently, a bad incident was revealed in a history class at Moscow State University: a Chinese student was wearing a rising sun flag in public. The news was shocking and even more outrageous. The rising sun flag is an iconic symbol of the history of Japanese military aggression. Back then, it was under this banner that the Japanese militarists launched the war of aggression against China and the Pacific War, causing profound disasters to the people of all Asian countries, including China. No matter what country or campus you are in, advocating militarism is a blatant offense to the human conscience and is disgusting. What is reassuring is that at the time of the incident, other Chinese students present immediately stepped forward and stopped this misconduct on the spot. This shows that the vast majority of overseas students have clear positions and clearly discern right from wrong. As the Moscow University Association of Chinese Students and Scholars wrote in an information briefing: “History has a scale; the bottom line must not be broken; the mountains and rivers are unharmed; our generation should be self-reliant.” May every student who has gone abroad keep this phrase in mind and shoulder the responsibility of defending justice and history for this generation of Chinese youth.

Recently, a bad incident was revealed in a history class at Moscow State University: a Chinese student was wearing a rising sun flag in public. The news was shocking and even more outrageous. The rising sun flag is an iconic symbol of the history of Japanese military aggression. Back then, it was under this banner that the Japanese militarists launched the war of aggression against China and the Pacific War, causing profound disasters to the people of all Asian countries, including China. No matter what country or campus you are in, advocating militarism is a blatant offense to the human conscience and is disgusting. What is reassuring is that at the time of the incident, other Chinese students present immediately stepped forward and stopped this misconduct on the spot. This shows that the vast majority of overseas students have clear positions and clearly discern right from wrong. As the Moscow University Association of Chinese Students and Scholars wrote in an information briefing: “History has a scale; the bottom line must not be broken; the mountains and rivers are unharmed; our generation should be self-reliant.” May every student who has gone abroad keep this phrase in mind and shoulder the responsibility of defending justice and history for this generation of Chinese youth.