Friday, December 14, 2012

Remembering The Nanking Massacre

On the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre on Thursday, Chinese and Japanese mourners gather in the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, to pay tribute to those who died in the atrocity. Li Ke / for China Daily

Sirens Wail As China Marks Massacre Anniversary -- Global Times

Sirens wailed at 10 a.m. Thursday in Nanjing, as 9,000 people from the world attended a peace rally to mark the 75th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre.

Large wreaths were presented and the People's Republic of China national anthem was sung, before people bowed three times and took part in a silent tribute.

Nanjing, capital of eastern Jiangsu Province, bears painful memories of Japan's invasion of China during World War II.

More than 300,000 Chinese people, including infants and the elderly, were massacred after Japanese troops occupied the city in December 1937.

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More News On Remembering The Nanking Massacre

Thousands remember victims -- China Daily
Memorials held to commemorate 300,000 Nanjing Massacre victims -- China.org.cn
China marks Nanjing massacre amid tense Japan ties
-- Straits Times
China marks 75th anniversary of Nanking massacre amid tense relations with Japan -- South China Morning Post
China marks 75th anniversary of 'Rape of Nanking'
-- NBC (Photoblog)
Religious service held to mark 75th anniversary of Nanjing Massacre -- Global Times
'We must never forget the history' -- Cang Wei and Song Wenwei in Nanjing, China Daily

My Comment: Never forget.

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