Deaths of two Nanjing Massacre survivors leave just 28 living witnesses
1 month, 1 week ago

Deaths of two Nanjing Massacre survivors leave just 28 living witnesses

China Daily  

NANJING -- Two survivors of the Nanjing Massacre passed away on Saturday, bringing the number of living registered survivors to 28, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Sunday. She also witnessed a Japanese soldier stab to death with his bayonet a young man who had been eating breakfast, as well as a group of Japanese soldiers searching homes and abducting more than 70 young men. The Nanjing Massacre occurred when Japanese troops captured the then Chinese capital on Dec 13, 1937. In 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec 13 as a national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

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Two survivors of Nanjing Massacre pass away
1 month, 1 week ago

Two survivors of Nanjing Massacre pass away

China Daily  

Yi Lanying, who survived the Nanjing Massacre, passed away at the age of 99 on Saturday. Two survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, Yi Lanying and Tao Chengyi, passed away on Saturday, leaving just 28 registered survivors still alive, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. Yi, 99, narrowly escaped death in 1937 during …

Two survivors of Nanjing Massacre pass away
1 month, 1 week ago

Two survivors of Nanjing Massacre pass away

China Daily  

Yi Lanying, who survived the Nanjing Massacre, passed away at the age of 99 on Saturday. Two survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, Yi Lanying and Tao Chengyi, passed away on Saturday, leaving just 28 registered survivors still alive, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. Yi, 99, narrowly escaped death in 1937 during …

Deaths of two Nanjing Massacre survivors leave just 28 living witnesses
1 month, 1 week ago

Deaths of two Nanjing Massacre survivors leave just 28 living witnesses

China Daily  

NANJING -- Two survivors of the Nanjing Massacre passed away on Saturday, bringing the number of living registered survivors to 28, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Sunday. She also witnessed a Japanese soldier stab to death with his bayonet a young man who had been eating breakfast, as well as …

Nanjing Massacre victims remembered
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nanjing Massacre victims remembered

China Daily  

The 11th national memorial ceremony for Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Friday. YANG BO/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China held its annual national memorial ceremony on Friday in Nanjing in Jiangsu province to commemorate the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre in 1937. "Now …

Nanjing Massacre victims remembered
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nanjing Massacre victims remembered

China Daily  

The 11th national memorial ceremony for Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Friday. YANG BO/CHINA NEWS SERVICE China held its annual national memorial ceremony on Friday in Nanjing in Jiangsu province to commemorate the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre in 1937. "Now …

HKSAR holds commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims
3 months, 2 weeks ago

HKSAR holds commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims

China Daily  

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region holds a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, on Dec 13, 2024. HONG KONG -- China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held a ceremony on Friday to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre. Vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Leung Chun-ying and …

HKSAR holds commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims
3 months, 2 weeks ago

HKSAR holds commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims

China Daily  

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region holds a ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, on Dec 13, 2024. HONG KONG -- China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held a ceremony on Friday to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre. Vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Leung Chun-ying and …

China holds memorial for Nanjing Massacre victims
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China holds memorial for Nanjing Massacre victims

China Daily  

The 11th national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 13, 2024. China held its annual national memorial ceremony on Friday in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, to commemorate the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre …

China holds memorial for Nanjing Massacre victims
3 months, 2 weeks ago

China holds memorial for Nanjing Massacre victims

China Daily  

The 11th national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims is held at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu province, Dec 13, 2024. China held its annual national memorial ceremony on Friday in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, to commemorate the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre …

Pic story of Nanjing Massacre survivor Ai Yiying
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pic story of Nanjing Massacre survivor Ai Yiying

China Daily  

The inheritors of historical memories regarding the Nanjing Massacre pose for photos with the Nanjing Massacre survivors Ai Yiying and Liu Minsheng in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 11, 2024. For many years, it has been an annual routine for Ai Yiying to mourn her lost relatives at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese …

Pic story of Nanjing Massacre survivor Ai Yiying
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pic story of Nanjing Massacre survivor Ai Yiying

China Daily  

The inheritors of historical memories regarding the Nanjing Massacre pose for photos with the Nanjing Massacre survivors Ai Yiying and Liu Minsheng in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Oct 11, 2024. For many years, it has been an annual routine for Ai Yiying to mourn her lost relatives at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese …

HKSAR holds commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims
1 year, 3 months ago

HKSAR holds commemoration for Nanjing Massacre victims

China Daily  

HONG KONG -- China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held a ceremony on Wednesday to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre. HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee attended the ceremony together with representatives of Central People's Government organizations in Hong Kong, the chief justice of HKSAR's Court of Final Appeal, principal officials of the HKSAR government, members of the …

China marks 84th anniversary of Nanking Massacre in WWII
3 years, 3 months ago

China marks 84th anniversary of Nanking Massacre in WWII

The Hindu  

China on Monday marked the 84th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, in which hundreds of thousands of civilians and disarmed soldiers were killed by Japanese troops in and around the former Chinese capital. A People’s Liberation Army honour guard bearing large funeral wreaths marched slowly past a memorial showing the figure 3,00,000, China’s official death toll in the events of …

Nanjing Massacre survivor dies; 99 remain
7 years, 4 months ago

Nanjing Massacre survivor dies; 99 remain

China Daily  

She Ziqing, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, recalls being clubbed on the head by a Japanese soldier using a rifle butt. "People said at the time that Japanese troops only killed middle-aged men, so my father fled from home while my mother, like many other women in the neighborhood, stayed to protect the house. He volunteered to guide Japanese …

Nanjing Massacre survivor dies; 99 remain
7 years, 4 months ago

Nanjing Massacre survivor dies; 99 remain

China Daily  

She Ziqing, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, recalls being clubbed on the head by a Japanese soldier using a rifle butt. "People said at the time that Japanese troops only killed middle-aged men, so my father fled from home while my mother, like many other women in the neighborhood, stayed to protect the house. He volunteered to guide Japanese …

Canada to mark Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day with memorial
7 years, 4 months ago

Canada to mark Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day with memorial

China Daily  

A mass rally and series of public commemorative activities will be held across Canada on Dec 13 to mark the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre in downtown Toronto, according to a news conference in Canada's biggest city Saturday afternoon. A photo exhibition displaying historical evidence of the Nanjing Massacre, including historical material, texts and witness testimonies, was also held …

Survivors' video accounts will make future generations aware of war's horror
7 years, 10 months ago

Survivors' video accounts will make future generations aware of war's horror

China Daily  

By June Chang in San francisco | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-05-09 11:19 To ensure the world that each of us won't forget the dark chapters of history, such as the Holocaust and World War II-related atrocities, a group of technology-savvy scholars and researchers is creating audio-visual accounts with survivors and witnesses. I had a strong reaction last week when I …

Survivors' video accounts will make future generations aware of war's horror
7 years, 10 months ago

Survivors' video accounts will make future generations aware of war's horror

China Daily  

To ensure the world that each of us won't forget the dark chapters of history, such as the Holocaust and World War II-related atrocities, a group of technology-savvy scholars and researchers is creating audio-visual accounts with survivors and witnesses. I had a strong reaction last week when I was asked by a staffer from a national World War II museum …

Survivors' video accounts will make future generations aware of war's horror
7 years, 10 months ago

Survivors' video accounts will make future generations aware of war's horror

China Daily  

To ensure the world that each of us won't forget the dark chapters of history, such as the Holocaust and World War II-related atrocities, a group of technology-savvy scholars and researchers is creating audio-visual accounts with survivors and witnesses. I had a strong reaction last week when I was asked by a staffer from a national World War II museum …

Ceremony held to commemorate victims of Nanjing Massacre
8 years, 3 months ago

Ceremony held to commemorate victims of Nanjing Massacre

China Daily  

Updated: 2016-12-15 People gather in front of the museum for the “Sept 18 Incident” to commemorate the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre committed by the Japanese military during World War II on Dec 13. In February 2014, China's top legislature designated Dec 13 as National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims. Two students from Shenyang Foreign Affairs Service School …

People stop and bow heads as they honor 300,000 victims of massacre
8 years, 3 months ago

People stop and bow heads as they honor 300,000 victims of massacre

China Daily  

Xia Shuqin, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, attends the ceremony at the memorial hall to honor victims of the atrocity in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday.Yang Bo / For China Daily Traffic lights stopped flashing, vehicles stopped running and people stood still on streets, bowing their heads, on Tuesday morning to remember the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, …

People stop and bow heads as they honor 300,000 victims of massacre
8 years, 3 months ago

People stop and bow heads as they honor 300,000 victims of massacre

China Daily  

Xia Shuqin, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, attends the ceremony at the memorial hall to honor victims of the atrocity in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Tuesday.Yang Bo / For China Daily Traffic lights stopped flashing, vehicles stopped running and people stood still on streets, bowing their heads, on Tuesday morning to remember the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, …

Author brings home horror of Nanjing Massacre
8 years, 3 months ago

Author brings home horror of Nanjing Massacre

China Daily  

A new novel set during the Sino-Japanese war has been praised by researchers of the Nanjing Massacre. The author, Dr Hong Zheng, also known as Hung Cheng, spent 10 years researching material, visiting survivors of the massacre and consulting experts to finish writing the novel. The characters witness people close to them being killed along with thousands of civilians when …

Nanjing Massacre exhibition opens in France
8 years, 5 months ago

Nanjing Massacre exhibition opens in France

China Daily  

Zhang Jianjun, curator of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in China, and Stéphane Grimaldi, general director of the Memorial de Caen museum in France, announced their cooperation on October, 22, 2016. Historical facts of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre are now being showcased in the Memorial de Caen museum in France. Zhang Jianjun, curator …

USC-based project aims to keep memory of Nanjing massacre alive
9 years, 2 months ago

USC-based project aims to keep memory of Nanjing massacre alive

LA Times  

Nearly 80 years later, Liu Suzhen could still recall her ordeal. “This is probably the last time we can interview the survivors directly,” said Karen Jungblut, the foundation’s director of research and documentation, who tried to connect with and console Liu across the language barrier. In China, the task of documentation is made all the more challenging by the time …

南京大屠杀档案入选“世界记忆名录”
9 years, 5 months ago

南京大屠杀档案入选“世界记忆名录”

China Daily  

根据联合国教科文组织10月9日发布的消息，南京大屠杀档案正式列入世界记忆名录。 Visitors pay tribute to war victims at The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province. In the Nanjing Massacre, more than 300,000 people were slaughtered and 80,000 women were raped by Japanese invasion troops. 请看《中国日报》的报道： A total of 47 new nominations, including Documents of the Nanjing Massacre from China, …

Nanjing massacre: China's president Xi Jinping says attack is undeniable on 77th anniversary of Japanese military invasion
10 years, 3 months ago

Nanjing massacre: China's president Xi Jinping says attack is undeniable on 77th anniversary of Japanese military invasion

ABC  

China's president Xi Jinping says no-one can deny the Nanjing massacre, as the country for the first time held a national day of remembrance for the Japanese military rampage that Beijing says killed 300,000 people. "Anyone who tries to deny the massacre will not be allowed by history, the souls of the 300,000 deceased victims, 1.3 billion Chinese people and …

Nation inaugurates memorial website for Nanjing Massacre
10 years, 8 months ago

Nation inaugurates memorial website for Nanjing Massacre

China Daily  

Yu Changxiang, a Nanjing Massacre survivor, and his family members receive books titled Guo Jia Gong Ji as mementos at a ceremony to mark survivors registration on the massacre in Nanjing, on Sunday. China has launched a national memorial website to honor the Chinese victims of the Nanjing Massacre. Zhu Chengshan, curator of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in …

Archives on the Nanjing Massacre
10 years, 11 months ago

Archives on the Nanjing Massacre

China Daily  

This is a report on the restoration of public security by a Japanese commander.Ohki Shigeru of Central China Kempeitai. The report reflected the 13 aspects of information about Nanjing and its surrounding areas from Feb 1 to Feb 10, 1938 which include general information, security forces, activities of autonomous committee, return of refugee, livelihood of residents, restoration of cultural facilities, …

Nanjing survivors turn to weibo to keep memory alive
13 years, 3 months ago

Nanjing survivors turn to weibo to keep memory alive

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 While the city of Nanjing marked the 74th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre on Tuesday, survivors have taken to micro blogs to talk about their experiences during the historic period. At 10 am on Tuesday, as sirens wailed across the city of Nanjing and people gathered in squares to mark the grim anniversary, 74-year-old Zhao Zhenhua wrote on her …

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