The 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two has "set off a bitter battle of narratives" between China and Taiwan, said Reuters .

China has accused Taiwan of "blaspheming" those who died fighting Japan during the war and tensions have been rising ahead of the military parade to mark the anniversary today, in Beijing.

'Shameless betrayal'

Taiwan says Beijing is falsely claiming credit for leading the fighting during the war, and insists that most of the combat was done by the forces of the Republic of China – a term Taiwan still uses as its formal name.

The government in Taipei has called on people not to attend the military parade and threatened punishment, including loss of pension rights for current or former senior defence, intelligence and diplomatic officials, who do go

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