Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Qu Xing (3rd L) and Poperinge Mayor Christof Dejaegher (3rd R) unveil a bronze statue honoring Chinese laborers working for the Allied Forces during World War I, in Busseboom Village of Poperinge City, west Belgium, Nov. 15, 2017. The statue standing 3 meters was erected on Wednesday for 13 Chinese laborers who were killed in a German bombardment against the village Nov. 15, 1917. In the last two years of WWI, some 140,000 Chinese laborers were recruited mainly by Britain and France to Europe, providing logistic services to the Allied Forces, who at that time were suffering severe manpower shortage. (Xinhua/Ye Pingfan)
Feature: WWI's unsung Chinese heroes commemorated with statue in Belgium, 100 years later
Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-16 06:57:12|Editor: Xiang Bo
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