(Xinhua) 09:06, March 07, 2024 NANJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Chen Guixiang, one of the Nanjing Massacre survivors, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 99. This sad event has brought the total number of registered survivors down to 36, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Wednesday. The Nanjing Massacre took place when Japanese troops captured the city on Dec. 13, 1937. Over the course of six weeks, they killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in what is deemed as one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II. After the Japanese seized Nanjing, Chen saw Japanese soldiers kill her grandmother. In 2011, she went to Japan to testify on the atrocities committed by Japanese troops during the war. The Chinese government has preserved the survivors' testimonies, recorded in both written and video transcripts. The documents on the massacre were listed by UNESCO in the Memory of the World Register in 2015. |
Freeze chicken, remove skin: Expert's top tips for avoiding deadly campylobacterGuest Opinion: Xi's message to AmericansXinhua Commentary: Xi's meeting with Ma injects positive energy to relations across Taiwan StraitDesert county in NW China's Xinjiang experiences bountiful cistanche harvestA 'lack of consequences' for managing personal information poorlyCommentary: Chinese economy ascending, not peakingNewsmakersWHO says Gaza's Nasser hospital not functional after Israel raidsCPC official urges stronger sense of responsibility in united front work to serve modernizationEast China's Suzhou to hold cultural event in Singapore