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boxes of books in Japan (Zhao, 2010), there are still hundreds of thousands of books haven’t been
returned to China. The total amount of books plundered by Japan remains unknown and it will be a
continuous challenge to be solved.
Books and literatures, as the symbol of national spirit, carry the wisdom and culture of a nation.
In order to make Chinese people obedient to its domination, Japan attempted to put out we Chinese
people’s will to resist by destroying the carrier of Chinese national spirit. This article aims at
reminding people that Japanese cultural aggression should not be ignored compared with military
aggression. Although current research is making progress in the quantity and quality of articles,
further study is needed. Researchers should collect and assimilate more records, documents and
literatures, especially the historical materials of Japan and the third parties.

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