China says militant Japan must face war past .  BEIJING 1996-08-28  China on Wednesday called on Japan to acknowledge its wartime past and put a stop to a tide of resurgent militarism to prevent similar atrocities in future .  " Some Japanese are still unrepentant about the atrocities committed by the Japanese militarists during the war , " said a commentary in the official China Daily .  " If they are still undecided whether the war Japan launched was aggressive in nature , it will be difficult to tell whether they will do the same again , " the newspaper said .  China raised indignant protests after several Japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine dedicated to their country 's war dead on August 15 , the 51st anniversary of Japan 's World War Two surrender .  " Numerous Japanese politicians have tried to whitewash their country 's war atrocities in recent years , " the commentary said .  China estimates 35 million Chinese were killed or wounded by invading Japanese troops from 1931 to 1945 .  " The Japanese have never genuinely apologised for their wartime crimes , " the commentary said .  Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto marked the August 15 anniversary by expressing " remorse " for foreign victims of [START_ENT] Japan [END_ENT] 's World War Two atrocities .
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