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76 years ago, why Japan's surrender ceremony held in China's Zhijiang county

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After the Japanese government announced its unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, China's top priority was to determine the place for accepting Japan's unconditional surrender. After serious studies and considerations, it was believed that Zhijiang in Hunan had all the conditions and factors to accept Japan's unconditional surrender. Finally, on August 17, 1945, Zhijiang, Hunan was identified as the site where the Chinese war zone accepted the Japanese surrender.

XinhuaUpdated:  August 16, 2021