Only	O
our	O
great	O
General	O
Peng	B-PERSONNAME
.	O
Correspondent	O
Xu	B-PERSONNAME
Xiaobing	I-PERSONNAME
,	O
covering	O
frontline	O
news	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
snapped	O
the	O
shutter	O
while	O
artillery	O
fire	O
roared	O
overhead	O
.	O
More	B-DATE
than	I-DATE
60	I-DATE
years	I-DATE
later	O
,	O
Xu	B-PERSONNAME
Xiaobing	I-PERSONNAME
still	O
vividly	O
remembers	O
the	O
scene	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
Dehuai	B-PERSONNAME
was	O
sitting	O
in	O
this	O
trench	O
directing	O
the	O
campaign	O
.	O
Oh	O
.	O
Bullets	O
and	O
artillery	O
fire	O
whistled	O
past	O
his	O
head	O
.	O
During	O
the	B-DATE
three	I-DATE
and	I-DATE
a	I-DATE
half	I-DATE
months	I-DATE
from	O
August	B-DATE
20	I-DATE
to	I-DATE
December	I-DATE
5	I-DATE
,	I-DATE
1940	I-DATE
,	O
the	B-ORGANIZATION
Eighth	I-ORGANIZATION
Route	I-ORGANIZATION
Army	I-ORGANIZATION
fought	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
1,824	B-CARDINAL
battles	O
large	O
and	O
small	O
.	O
A	O
total	O
of	O
46,480	B-CARDINAL
Japanese	B-NORP
soldiers	O
and	O
puppet	O
soldiers	O
were	O
killed	O
,	O
wounded	O
,	O
or	O
captured	O
,	O
or	O
defected	O
.	O
Four	B-QUANTITY
hundred	I-QUANTITY
seventy	I-QUANTITY
-	I-QUANTITY
four	I-QUANTITY
kilometers	I-QUANTITY
of	O
railroad	O
and	O
1,502	B-QUANTITY
kilometers	I-QUANTITY
of	O
highway	O
were	O
destroyed	O
.	O
In	O
addition	O
,	O
large	O
quantities	O
of	O
other	O
military	O
supplies	O
were	O
seized	O
or	O
destroyed	O
.	O
After	O
the	B-ORGANIZATION
Eighth	I-ORGANIZATION
Route	I-ORGANIZATION
Army	I-ORGANIZATION
launched	O
the	B-EVENT
Hundred	I-EVENT
Regiments	I-EVENT
Offensive	I-EVENT
,	O
newspapers	O
from	O
areas	O
behind	O
enemy	O
lines	O
in	O
North	B-LOCATION
China	I-LOCATION
to	O
the	O
large	O
rear	O
area	O
continuously	O
carried	O
news	O
of	O
victories	O
.	O
Telegrams	O
and	O
letters	O
of	O
congratulation	O
arrived	O
in	O
Yan'an	B-GPE
from	O
all	O
directions	O
.	O
Mao	B-PERSONNAME
Zedong	I-PERSONNAME
was	O
deeply	O
moved	O
.	O
This	O
leader	O
with	O
a	O
strong	O
poetic	O
temperament	O
expressed	O
his	O
joy	O
in	O
this	O
kind	O
of	O
telegram	O
.	O
The	B-EVENT
Hundred	I-EVENT
Regiments	I-EVENT
Offensive	I-EVENT
caused	O
great	O
excitement	O
.	O
Can	O
such	O
kind	O
of	O
campaign	O
be	O
organized	O
once	O
or	O
twice	O
more	O
?	O
In	O
a	O
congratulatory	O
telegram	O
to	O
Zhu	B-PERSONNAME
De	I-PERSONNAME
and	O
Peng	B-PERSONNAME
Dehuai	I-PERSONNAME
,	O
Chiang	B-PERSONNAME
Kai	I-PERSONNAME
-	I-PERSONNAME
Shek	I-PERSONNAME
praised	O
the	B-ORGANIZATION
Eighth	I-ORGANIZATION
Route	I-ORGANIZATION
Army	I-ORGANIZATION
's	I-ORGANIZATION
resolute	O
attacks	O
for	O
dealing	O
a	O
heavy	O
blow	O
to	O
the	O
enemy	O
.	O
By	O
pinning	O
down	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
Japanese	B-NORP
soldiers	O
on	O
battlefields	O
behind	O
enemy	O
lines	O
in	O
North	B-LOCATION
China	I-LOCATION
,	O
the	B-EVENT
Hundred	I-EVENT
Regiments	I-EVENT
Offensive	I-EVENT
delayed	O
the	O
Japanese	B-NORP
army	O
's	O
aggression	O
southward	O
.	O
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	B-EVENT
Hundred	I-EVENT
Regiments	I-EVENT
Offensive	I-EVENT
was	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
European	B-NORP
battlefield	O
,	O
while	O
enhancing	O
the	O
international	O
reputation	O
of	O
the	O
CPC	B-ORGANIZATION
and	O
the	B-ORGANIZATION
Eighth	I-ORGANIZATION
Route	I-ORGANIZATION
Army	I-ORGANIZATION
.	O
The	B-EVENT
Hundred	I-EVENT
Regiments	I-EVENT
Offensive	I-EVENT
wrote	O
a	O
glorious	O
page	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
China	B-GPE
's	O
War	B-EVENT
of	I-EVENT
Resistance	I-EVENT
against	I-EVENT
Japan	I-EVENT
.	O
On	O
June	B-DATE
30	I-DATE
,	I-DATE
1987	I-DATE
,	O
the	B-WORK_OF_ART
Monument	I-WORK_OF_ART
to	I-WORK_OF_ART
the	I-WORK_OF_ART
Hundred	I-WORK_OF_ART
Regiments	I-WORK_OF_ART
Offensive	I-WORK_OF_ART
was	O
erected	O
on	O
Shi'nao	B-LOCATION
Mountain	I-LOCATION
in	O
Yangquan	B-GPE
,	I-GPE
Shanxi	I-GPE
,	O
where	O
the	O
heroes	O
had	O
fought	O
the	O
battle	O
.	O
In	O
1993	B-DATE
,	O
six	B-CARDINAL
villagers	O
in	O
Honghecao	B-GPE
Village	I-GPE
set	O
up	O
the	B-FAC
Hundred	I-FAC
Regiments	I-FAC
Offensive	I-FAC
Museum	I-FAC
at	O
the	O
place	O
of	O
Nie	B-PERSONNAME
Rongzhen	I-PERSONNAME
's	I-PERSONNAME
operational	O
command	O
.	O
Old	O
Li	B-PERSONNAME
Jingtang	I-PERSONNAME
still	O
tells	O
visitors	O
old	O
war	O
stories	O
circulating	O
in	O
the	O
Taihong	B-LOCATION
Mountain	I-LOCATION
area	O
.	O
More	B-DATE
than	I-DATE
60	I-DATE
years	I-DATE
have	O
passed	O
since	O
the	B-EVENT
Hundred	I-EVENT
Regiments	I-EVENT
Offensive	I-EVENT
took	O
place	O
.	O
Taihang	B-LOCATION
Mountain	I-LOCATION
will	O
forever	O
remember	O
that	O
great	O
battle	O
during	O
the	O
Chinese	B-NORP
people	O
's	O
War	B-EVENT
of	I-EVENT
Resistance	I-EVENT
against	I-EVENT
Japan	I-EVENT
.	O
During	O
World	B-EVENT
War	I-EVENT
II	I-EVENT
,	O
the	O
two	B-CARDINAL
hundred	I-CARDINAL
thousand	I-CARDINAL
strong	O
Chinese	B-ORGANIZATION
Expeditionary	I-ORGANIZATION
Force	I-ORGANIZATION
went	O
abroad	O
to	O
fight	O
.	O
The	B-FAC
Burma	I-FAC
Road	I-FAC
was	O
the	O
lifeline	O
artery	O
for	O
China	B-GPE
's	O
anti-Japanese	B-NORP
battlefields	O
.	O
The	B-EVENT
Tengchong	I-EVENT
Battle	I-EVENT
,	O
an	O
annihilation	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	B-NORP
army	O
,	O
became	O
a	O
typical	O
example	O
for	O
the	O
China	B-GPE
war	O
area	O
.	O
We	O
respectfully	O
invite	O
you	O
to	O
watch	O
a	O
bloody	O
battle	O
fought	O
side	O
-	O
by	O
-	O
side	O
by	O
China	B-GPE
,	O
the	O
US	B-GPE
,	O
and	O
Britain	B-GPE
60	B-DATE
years	I-DATE
ago	I-DATE
in	O
a	O
joint	O
effort	O
to	O
repel	O
Japanese	B-NORP
invaders	O
.	O
Hello	O
,	O
everyone	O
.	O
This	O
is	O
Across	B-ORGANIZATION
the	I-ORGANIZATION
Strait	I-ORGANIZATION
on	O
CCTV	B-ORGANIZATION
International	I-ORGANIZATION
Channel	I-ORGANIZATION
.	O
We	O
welcome	O
you	O
to	O
watch	O
.	O
First	B-ORDINAL
,	O
let	O
's	O
check	O
out	O
the	O
main	O
contents	O
of	O
today	B-DATE
's	O
program	O
.	O
On	O
August	B-DATE
17	I-DATE
,	O
Taiwan	B-GPE
's	O
investigation	O
department	O
and	O
police	O
held	O
a	O
press	O
conference	O
announcing	O
the	O
closing	O
of	O
the	O
March	B-DATE
19	I-DATE
shooting	O
case	O
.	O
Since	O
the	O
suspect	O
identified	O
by	O
Taiwan	B-GPE
police	O
mysteriously	O
died	O
after	O
the	O
March	B-DATE
19	I-DATE
shooting	O
incident	O
,	O
the	O
case	O
was	O
not	O
prosecuted	O
.	O
However	O
,	O
people	O
from	O
various	O
circles	O
in	O
Taiwan	B-GPE
think	O
there	O
are	O
many	O
suspicious	O
points	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
.	O
On	O
August	B-DATE
17	I-DATE
,	O
the	O
Taiwan	B-GPE
military	O
held	O
the	O
Lianhsing	B-PRODUCT
94	I-PRODUCT
amphibious	O
landing	O
exercise	O
,	O
testing	O
and	O
enhancing	O
the	O
army	O
's	O
response	O
capabilities	O
and	O
its	O
combat	O
ability	O
in	O
repelling	O
an	O
enemy	O
's	O
amphibious	O
landing	O
.	O
Taiwan	B-GPE
's	O
investigation	O
department	O
and	O
police	O
announced	O
the	O
closing	O
of	O
the	O
March	B-DATE
19	I-DATE
shooting	O
case	O
.	O
Well	O
,	O
why	O
did	O
Taiwan	B-GPE
's	O
investigation	O
department	O
say	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
closing	O
of	O
the	O
case	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
actual	O
truth	O
about	O
the	O
shooting	O
case	O
?	O
Scholars	O
will	O
give	O
you	O
a	O
detailed	O
analysis	O
on	O
this	O
edition	O
of	O
Hot	B-ORGANIZATION
Topic	I-ORGANIZATION
Analysis	I-ORGANIZATION
.	O
On	O
August	B-DATE
17	I-DATE
,	O
Taiwan	B-GPE
's	O
investigation	O
department	O
and	O
police	O
solved	O
the	O
case	O
and	O
announced	O
the	O
March	B-DATE
19	I-DATE
shooting	O
case	O
was	O
closed	O
.	O
This	O
case	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
prosecuted	O
.	O
Abramov	B-PERSONNAME
had	O
a	O
car	O
accident	O
in	O
Moscow	B-GPE
last	B-TIME
night	I-TIME
and	O
was	O
seriously	O
injured	O
.	O
Right	O
now	O
,	O
Abramov	B-PERSONNAME
is	O
being	O
treated	O
in	O
the	O
hospital	O
,	O
but	O
his	O
life	O
is	O
already	O
out	O
of	O
danger	O
.	O
Chechen	B-NORP
President	O
Alkhanov	B-PERSONNAME
said	O
yesterday	B-DATE
that	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
preliminary	O
investigation	O
,	O
his	O
car	O
accident	O
was	O
only	O
an	O
ordinary	O
traffic	O
accident	O
and	O
was	O
unlikely	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
well	O
-	O
planned	O
assassination	O
attempt	O
.	O
Right	O
now	O
,	O
First	B-ORDINAL
Deputy	O
Prime	O
Minister	O
Kadyrov	B-PERSONNAME
is	O
acting	O
prime	O
minister	O
temporarily	O
.	O
Let	O
's	O
now	O
take	O
a	O
look	O
at	O
this	O
.	O
US	B-GPE
President	O
Bush	B-PERSONNAME
and	O
Russian	B-NORP
President	O
Putin	B-PERSONNAME
participating	O
in	O
the	O
13th	B-ORDINAL
Informal	B-EVENT
APEC	I-EVENT
Leaders	I-EVENT
'	I-EVENT
Meeting	I-EVENT
in	O
Pusan	B-GPE
,	I-GPE
South	I-GPE
Korea	I-GPE
,	O
met	O
briefly	O
today	B-DATE
before	O
the	O
meeting	O
began	O
.	O
The	O
content	O
of	O
their	O
discussion	O
during	O
the	O
meeting	O
was	O
not	O
publicly	O
disclosed	O
.	O
However	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
White	B-ORGANIZATION
House	I-ORGANIZATION
officials	O
,	O
Bush	B-PERSONNAME
and	O
Putin	B-PERSONNAME
mainly	O
discussed	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
topics	O
such	O
as	O
anti-terrorism	O
,	O
the	O
Korean	B-NORP
peninsula	O
nuclear	O
issue	O
,	O
the	O
Iran	B-GPE
nuclear	O
issue	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Russian	B-NORP
accession	O
to	O
the	O
WTO	B-ORGANIZATION
.	O
Bush	B-PERSONNAME
's	O
accompanying	O
officials	O
said	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
already	O
the	O
fifth	B-ORDINAL
meeting	O
between	O
the	O
two	B-CARDINAL
leaders	O
this	B-DATE
year	I-DATE
.	O
Dear	O
viewers	O
,	O
that	O
's	O
all	O
for	O
the	O
China	B-ORGANIZATION
News	I-ORGANIZATION
program	O
.	O
Thank	O
you	O
for	O
watching	O
!	O
This	O
is	O
Xu	B-PERSONNAME
Li	I-PERSONNAME
.	O
Next	O
,	O
please	O
stay	O
with	O
us	O
for	O
the	O
Focus	B-ORGANIZATION
Today	I-ORGANIZATION
program	O
hosted	O
by	O
Wang	B-PERSONNAME
Shilin	I-PERSONNAME
.	O
Good-bye	O
!	O
News	O
and	O
events	O
happen	O
every	O
day	O
.	O
What	O
you	O
are	O
interested	O
in	O
is	O
exactly	O
what	O
our	O
focuses	O
are	O
.	O
This	O
is	O
CCTV	B-ORGANIZATION
Focus	B-ORGANIZATION
Today	I-ORGANIZATION
.	O
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
APEC	B-ORGANIZATION
meeting	O
,	O
Japanese	B-NORP
Prime	O
Minister	O
Junichiro	B-PERSONNAME
Koizumi	I-PERSONNAME
visited	O
Yasukuni	B-WORK_OF_ART
Shrine	I-WORK_OF_ART
for	O
the	O
fifth	B-ORDINAL
time	O
and	O
was	O
strongly	O
condemned	O
by	O
Asian	B-NORP
nations	O
such	O
as	O
China	B-GPE
and	O
South	B-GPE
Korea	I-GPE
.	O
What	O
kind	O
of	O
situation	O
will	O
Japan	B-GPE
find	O
itself	O
in	O
at	O
the	O
APEC	B-ORGANIZATION
summit	O
?	O
What	O
heavy	O
prices	O
will	O
Japan	B-GPE
pay	O
for	O
Koizumi	B-PERSONNAME
's	O
paying	O
respect	O
to	O
the	O
ghosts	O
?	O
