World Anti-Fascist War

The World Anti-Fascist War (Chinese: 世界反法西斯战争; pinyin: Shìjiè Fǎn Fàxīsī Zhànzhēng) is a term used by the Chinese Communist Party and the government of China to refer to a global conflict that includes the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Chinese embassies have occasionally encompassed further conflicts, such as the Spanish Civil War, with the term.

Used before the end of World War II in Asia by Mao Zedong, the term gained further prominence under general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping, who in 2015 began the Chinese government's current interpretation regarding a 1931 start date for the Second Sino-Japanese War with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria following the Mukden incident.

Critics argue the term is part of the Chinese government's historical revisionism, downplaying the role of the Republic of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War and ignoring the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. The term has been scrutinized as part of modern Chinese government propaganda, which portrays the People's Republic of China as a primary architect of the post-war international order, and strengthening China–Russia relations.