Hong Kong converts defense museum to focus on anti-Japan resistance

John Lee emphasizes WWII exhibits' role in today's 'patriotic education'

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Exhibits inside the Hong Kong Museum of War of Resistance and Coastal Defense. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)

KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong's government on Tuesday inaugurated a revamped colonial-era coastal defense museum with a sharper focus on wartime anti-Japanese resistance, coinciding with the annual commemoration of Imperial Japan's defeat 79 years ago.

Although Hong Kong's experience with World War II-era Japanese aggression differed from that of mainland China, the city's government is increasingly aligning itself with Beijing and its view of history.

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