Wang Qun (R), president of Quzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles, presents a book on Doolittle Raid to Chen Li, consul general of China in New York, at a commemorative activity held in New York, Aug. 29, 2025. [Photo/ China Intercontinental Communication Center]

The commemorative activity "Experience China - A Symphony of Stories about China-U.S. People-to-People Friendship" was held Friday to revisit the years when Chinese and U.S. military and civilians fought side by side against Japanese fascism for peace and justice during World War II.

Focusing on the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War, the event invited narrators from China and the U.S. to recount five moving stories of wartime solidarity.

One of the stories was about the Doolittle Raid. The narrators shared the history of the rescue efforts by Chinese and U.S. soldiers and civilians following the operation when the U.S. planes made emergency landings in China.

Other stories on China-U.S. wartime solidarity shared at the event included joint efforts to record the truth during the Nanjing Massacre, mutual support in the Weixian Concentration Camp in China's Shandong province, fighting of the Flying Tigers alongside Chinese troops and civilians, and the establishment of the Hump route that kept vital supplies delivered to the front.

An image and video exhibition titled "Fighting Side by Side: Chinese and American Peoples Against Fascism" was also held during the event. The exhibition featured more than 300 rare historical photographs, presented along a chronological timeline to vividly recreate key moments of the stories and bring to life the years when China and the U.S. stood shoulder to shoulder against their common enemy.