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UPDATED: 11:30, December 13, 2004 |
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20 representatives of a group of 179 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invading troops in 1937, receive the certificates of Survivor of Nanjing Massacre in the ceremony in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province on Dec. 12, 2004. It is said that the owners of the certificates could enjoy public and social assistance. Dec. 13, 2004 is the 67th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. After occupied Nanjing, the capital of China at that time on Dec. 13, 1937, Japanese troops started an over 40 days of massacre, killing about 300,000 Chinese civilians and prisoners of war in brutal and ferocious ways.
Xia Shuqin (L1), a 76-year-old Chinese survivor of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invading troops in 1937, looks at her certificate of Survivor of Nanjing Massacre which was just delivered in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province on Dec. 12, 2004.
File photo taken on Dec. 13, 2003 shows soldiers of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force laying wreaths to the victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invading troops in 1937, at the Memorial of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. On Dec. 13, 1937, Japanese troops occupied Nanjing, the then capital of China. In more than 40 days following the occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese troops killed 300,000 Chinese civilians and prisoners of war in Nanjing in brutal and ferocious ways. Dec. 13, 2004 is the 67th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre.
File photo taken in 1937 shows Japanese invading troops burying Chinese people alive during the Nanjing Massacre. On Dec. 13, 1937, Japanese troops occupied Nanjing, the then capital of China. In more than 40 days following the occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese troops killed 300,000 Chinese civilians and prisoners of war in Nanjing in brutal and ferocious ways. Dec. 13, 2004 is the 67th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre.
File photo taken in 1937 shows Japanese invading troops destroying the evidence by burning bodies of people they slaughtered in the Nanjing Massacre. (Xinhua Photo)
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