Closed archives still hinder quest for truth of Korean War
- Source: Global Times
- [23:15 June 24 2010]
- Comments
For instance, the US has been accused by both Chinese and international investigators of waging bacteriological warfare in Korea and Northeast China in early 1952. Yet some Western scholars still argue that this was a product of wartime propaganda. Since China refuses to declassify some key documents on the issue, such attacks continue to tarnish China's international image.
If forgotten in the West, the war needs to be remembered in China. It is high time to renew and strengthen efforts by Chinese scholars to discover the truth about the Korean War.
The author is the deputy managing editor of the Global Times. chenping@globaltimes. com.cn
