A major exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Taiwan's recovery from Japanese rule opened Monday at the National Museum of China in Beijing.

The exhibition is aimed at helping people recollect Taiwan compatriots' efforts against Japanese aggression.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Chen Yunlin, director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, called on people in both mainland and Taiwan to remember the history, join hands to defuse separatist attempts in Taiwan, and promote a peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.

The exhibition will last until November 6.

Japan occupied Taiwan and then began a fifty-year long colonial rule over the island after a war with China that ended in 1895. It was not until October 25, 1945 that Taiwan was returned to the motherland.

(CRI.com October 24, 2005)