Modi will journey to China for the SCO summit (August 31-Sept 1) from Japan the place he'll maintain the following version of the annual summit on Friday. Sources mentioned India wished to keep away from any controversy given its ties with Japan, however with out being confrontational with China with which ties are on mend.
The Japanese authorities has urged European and Asian nations to skip a army parade that China will maintain on September 3 to mark the eightieth anniversary of the tip of World Struggle II. Japan conveyed the request by its embassies overseas that China's commemorative occasions have anti-Japanese overtones, it has been learnt.
India takes half in WWII army parade that Russia organises and that custom continues however the struggle in Ukraine.
China was a part of Allied Powers that fought towards the Axis powers comprising Germany, Japan and Italy in WWII. The parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Sq. on September 3 will commemorate what Beijing calls its victory within the 1937-1945 ‘Struggle of Resistance towards Japanese Aggression' and the ‘World Anti-Fascist Struggle'.
