日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

  Home>News Center>China
       
 

68th anniversary of massacre marked
By Wu Jiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-12-14 06:12

NANJING: For 92-year-old Wu Xiulan, December 13 is forever etched in pain, blood and tears.

On that day in 1937, Japanese invaders occupied the city where she was living - the then-national capital.

Nanjing Massacre
Wu Xiulan, 92, attends a ceremony yesterday to mark the 68th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. Wu is a survivor of the massacre, in which two daughters, ages 4 and 2, were killed by Japanese soldiers in 1937. Wu, then 24, lost her left leg during Japanese bombings.[Xinhua]

The ensuing weeks witnessed atrocities unseen in human history, committed by Japanese soldiers in an orgy of killing, raping, looting and burning.

At least 300,000 Chinese civilians were slaughtered, including Wu's two daughters, ages 4 and 2.

Wu, then 24, lost her left leg during Japanese bombings.

Early yesterday morning, Wu, in a wheelchair, went to the Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders as she has been doing every year since 1985 when the hall opened.

"I miss the relatives lost in the massacre. I hope there will never be another war," she said.

Wu's third daughter, who accompanied her to the hall, said the elderly woman had refused to meet Japanese visitors or the Japanese media.

"It would remind her of the brutal scenes. She just could not bear it," the daughter said.

Like Wu, about 3,000 massacre survivors, victims' relatives and visitors attended a ceremony yesterday in the capital of East China's Jiangsu Province to mark the 68th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. Sirens sounded throughout the city at 10 am.

Ren Yanshen, Nanjing deputy Party secretary, described the massacre as the "darkest page in the history of human civilization."

"We must take history as a mirror and work for world peace and development," he said.

Some Japanese visitors also attended the event including Kenzo Furukawa vice-president of the East Japan Railway Workers' Union who led a 20-member team to show respect to victims.

According to Kenzo, the ancestors of some of his team members had participated in the aggression against China in the 1930s and 1940s.

"It was absolutely wrong for our ancestors to kill innocent Chinese people during the war," said Kenzo, who has attended the memorial ceremony every year since 1996.

Kenzo said that he deliberately brought along some youngsters to tell them the truth of history.

Tatsuya Asari, a young member of Kenzo's team, told China Daily that "we have so many versions of history in Japan. I want to find the right one by myself."

Meanwhile, construction began on a new and bigger memorial hall yesterday.

Zhu Chengshan, curator of the memorial hall, said the new building would cover 7.4 hectares compared to 2.2 hectares at present, and will cost 477 million yuan (US$59.5 million). It will open to the public in two years.

As this year marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, various activities have been held in Nanjing to mark the massacre and to help the survivors.

An English-language website english.nj1937.org was set up on Monday by the memorial hall to let people from all over the world learn more about the massacre.

Electronic versions of more than 300 pictures and documents about the massacre are provided on the website.

A charity association, founded last year in Nanjing, helps massacre survivors receive financial support from the government. There are at least 400 survivors still alive.

Wu Xiulan was among the 70 beneficiaries last year.

"I want my descendants to come to pay homage to the victims every year. It is not for revenge, but for commemoration," she said.

(China Daily 12/14/2005 page1)



China-Thailand navy drill
68th Anniversary of Nanjing Massacre Marked
Wen attends ASEAN + 3 Summit
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Japan motive for huge military expense questioned

 

   
 

68th anniversary of massacre marked

 

   
 

Drive for donations gets fillip

 

   
 

China to play bigger role in talks

 

   
 

Russia to join China in containing toxic slick

 

   
 

Yuan gains; revaluation pressure to ease

 

   
  China to shut down 4,000 mines by Dec. 31
   
  China to boost relations with Jordan
   
  Patrols to ensure Olympic safety
   
  Scam victims bid to reclaim stolen items
   
  Guangzhou subway fares set to drop
   
  Yantai braces itself for more heavy snowfalls
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美精品亚洲一区二区在线播放 | 成人a视频在线观看 | 久久精品欧美一区二区三区不卡 | 亚洲天堂av在线 | 久久亚洲成人网 | 天天干天天草 | 国产精品日韩在线观看 | 免费视频99 | 成人亚洲一区二区色情无码潘金莲 | 欧美一区二区三区在线观看免费 | 精品国产一区二区三区四 | 亚洲黄网视频 | 99在线免费观看 | 多女多p多杂交视频在线观看 | 欧美精品一区二区在线电影 | 天天爽夜夜爽人人爽 | 亚洲精品婷婷无码成人A片在线 | 91精品中文字幕一区二区三区 | 黄色a视频 | 欧美一区二区大片 | 国产亚洲精品久久久久久国模美 | 亚洲视频在线网 | 国产自产在线 | 男女做性无遮挡免费视频 | 青青操精品 | 精品日本一区二区 | 中国人免费的片 | 亚洲av毛片久久久久 | 韩国精品一区 | 黄网站在线观看高清免费 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久免费看 | 欧美区在线 | 狠狠躁夜夜躁人人爽天天miya | 日本女同在线 | 免费一区二区三区 | 欧美精品99毛片免费高清观看 | 国产精品日本欧美一区二区 | 精品视频网站 | 奇米网在线观看 | 97中文 | 欧美操片在线观看 |