"China really made the greatest contribution." says Victor Gao, vice president of the Center for China and Globalization, talking about China's role in World War II. While the West often dates the war in Asia from Pearl Harbor in 1941, by then China's War of Resistance had already been underway for a decade and continued until 1945, resulting in over 35 million military and civilian casualties. By holding down most of Japan's forces, China played a decisive role in shaping the Eastern Theater of the World Anti-Fascist War. Click play to hear Victor Gao's view on China and the Second World War.