Taiwan president remembers Nationalist victory in Sino-Japan war

Military personnel salute as they stand on M60A3 main battle tanks displayed during the annual Han Kuang military exercise in an army base in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, July 4, 2015. REUTERS/Patrick Lin

HSINCHU, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan's president said on Saturday it was Nationalist Chinese forces which won the war against Japan as he sought to challenge Beijing's official line which overwhelmingly focuses on the heroics of the Communist army during and before World War Two. 

At a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Sino-Japanese war, Ma Ying-jeou said the eight-year conflict was led by the government of the Republic of China, which is Taiwan's official name.