国内英语新闻:Wartime forges lasting Sino-Russian friendship

BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao, while meeting in Moscow on Saturday with Russian veterans who fought Japanese aggressor troops in Northeast China in August 1945, honored their great contributions.

The honor-awarding ceremony reminds the world again that both the Chinese and Russian peoples value their friendship forged in the anti-fascist war 65 years ago.

In August 1945, the Soviet Red Army marched into China's northeast provinces and joined the Chinese army in combat with the aggressors to help wrap up the eight-year Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945).

Chinese President Hu Jintao (front L) meets with representatives of the Russian war veterans who helped China battle Japanese troops in the World Anti-Fascist War, in Moscow, capital of Russia, May 8, 2010

According to the Russian Embassy in China, China is home to 74 memorials commemorating around 34,500 Soviet soldiers who lost their lives in the military operations 65 years ago.

It has been 65 years since the end of World War II, yet history will always remember the great contributions and sacrifices made by both the Chinese and Soviet peoples.