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· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends the Special Screening of the Documentary The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru(2023-08-16)
· The Chinese Embassy in the UK Holds a Reception Marking the 96th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Liberation Army of China(2023-07-28)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends the Reception Celebrating China-UK business cooperation at the City of London(2023-07-26)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Visits University of York(2023-07-21)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Leader of Leeds City Council James Lewis(2023-07-21)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Lord Mayor of Leeds Al Garthwaite(2023-07-20)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Visits University of Leeds(2023-07-20)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends the China-Northern England Cooperation Forum and Delivers a speech(2023-07-20)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Mayor Kate Rolfe of Stratford-upon-Avon(2023-07-02)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Hosts Reception at IMO Headquarters(2023-06-26)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets Chief Executive of the British Council Scott McDonald(2023-06-26)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang: "De-risking" Will Create Real Risks(2023-06-09)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Minister of State Anne-Marie Trevelyan of the FCDO(2023-05-24)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends and Delivers A Speech at the Reception Hosted by the All Party Parliamentary China Group(2023-04-23)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends the UK Chinese Business Association 10th Anniversary Celebration(2023-04-23)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets IMO Secretary-General Kitach Lim(2023-04-16)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Gives an Interview to Chinese and Foreign Media(2023-03-31)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Gives Speech to Representatives of Various Sectors in Northern Ireland(2023-03-30)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets Mayor Sandra Duffy of Derry and Strabane(2023-03-31)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Visits Queen’s University Belfast(2023-03-31)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service Jayne Brady(2023-03-31)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Alex Maskey(2023-03-30)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Visits Ulster University(2023-03-31)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets Vice Lord Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast Alan Logan in Belfast(2023-03-31)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets Lord Mayor Christina Black of Belfast(2023-03-30)
· The Chinese Embassy in the UK Holds a Chinese New Year Reception for the Families of Lisbon Maru Survivors(2023-02-22)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Gives an Exclusive Interview to CGTN’s Programme “A New Journey -- China’s Global Relations”(2022-11-02)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Delivers a Video Speech to the 2022 British Business Awards Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony(2022-11-09)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends the Fifth China-UK Economic and Trade Forum and Shares with the Audience the Significance of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(2022-11-03)
· The Chinese Embassy in the UK Hosts Photo Exhibition An Extraodinary Decade of China in the New Era(2022-11-02)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Delivers a Keynote Speech at the Symposium on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China(2022-11-03)
· The Chinese Embassy in the UK Holds Online Reception Celebrating the 73rd Anniversary of the People's Republic of China(2022-09-28)
· Speech by H.E. Ambassador Zheng Zeguang at the Online Reception Celebrating the 73rd Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China: Charge Ahead to Open a New Chapter(2022-09-27)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Delivers a Video Speech at the WRSA Forum to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Chinese Government-Sponsored Study in Britain(2022-09-10)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Delivers President Xi Jinping's Reply Letter to the Family of a Lisbon Maru Survivor(2022-08-27)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Visits COSCO Shipping Logistics UK and London Gateway(2022-08-26)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Delivers a Video Speech at the Launch of the China Council of the Sustainable Markets Initiative(2022-08-25)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang: US betrays its words and creates tension, should bear full responsibility for the consequences(2022-08-02)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Cambodian Ambassador to the UK Pharidh Kan(2022-08-01)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Chair of the British Chamber of Commerce in China Julian MacCormac(2022-08-01)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends the Awards Ceremony of Clipper Round the World Yacht Race(2022-07-31)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with German Ambassador to the UK Miguel Berger(2022-07-18)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang visits Cardiff University(2022-07-09)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang meets with Councillor Graham Hinchey, The Lord Mayor of Cardiff(2022-07-09)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Welsh Minister for Economy Vaughan Gething(2022-07-07)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets Chambers Wales President Paul Slevin(2022-07-07)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang's Remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 21st "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition UK Regional Final(2022-06-27)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh Robert Aldridge(2022-06-26)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends China-Scotland Cooperation Forum(2022-06-26)
· Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Meets with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Angus Robertson(2022-06-25)
Ambassador Zheng Zeguang Attends the Special Screening of the Documentary The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru
2023-08-16 20:59

On 15 August 2023, H.E. Ambassador Zheng Zeguang attended the special screening of the documentary The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru at invitation. About 450 people took part in the event, including Mr Fang Li, President of Laurel Films which produced the documentary,  Major (Ret’d) Brian Finch, who has over the years been committed to collecting the historical documents on Lisbon Maru, and representatives of the families of British prisoners of war (POWs) on board the Lisbon Maru.

After the screening, Ambassador Zheng delivered remarks. He said that as President Xi Jinping pointed out in his letter to Mrs Denise Wynne last year, the touching story of heroic fishermen from Zhoushan, who came to the rescue of British POWs on board the Lisbon Maru in 1942, is an important testimony to China and the UK fighting shoulder to shoulder against fascist aggression during World War II.

Ambassador Zheng noted that on the Oriental Main Battlefield of the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese people fought heroically against Japanese aggression for 14 years. They endured great sacrifice and ultimately defeated aggressors. And on this very day, 15 August 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. In the fight against fascism, China and the UK were allies and the Lisbon Maru Incident is one of the best examples of people from both countries supporting each other at difficult times.

Ambassador Zheng noted that history must not be forgotten and called for joint effort to carry forward the shared remembrance and turn it into a new linchpin for friendship between the Chinese and British people. Against a complicated world which is far from being tranquil, as permanent members of the UN Security Council and countries with important global influence, China and the UK must join hands in opposing disinformation and demonisation, championing dialogue and understanding, resisting division and confrontation, and upholding exchanges and cooperation. Working together, the two countries can bring more benefits to their peoples and make new contributions to world peace and development.

Representatives of the family members of British POWs aboard the Lisbon Maru shared stories of their loved ones, and expressed again their gratitude for those Zhoushan fishermen who bravely participated in the rescue.

In October 1942, the Japanese military used the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese freighter, to ship over 1,800 British POWs from Hong Kong to Japan and the ship was torpedoed by an American submarine off the coast of Zhoushan. Thanks to the heroic rescue efforts by Zhoushan fishermen, 384 British POWs were saved.

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