Pic story: Record lives of Nanjing Massacre survivors

Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-11 07:38:23|Editor: Yang Yi
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CHINA-NANJING-NANJING MASSACRE SURVIVORS (CN)

The combo photo shows daily life of Chang Zhiqiang, a survivor of Nanjing Massacre. Photo taken on April 2, 2017 shows Chang recalling the memories of his family killed by Japanese invaders(L top). Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2014 shows Chang reading newspapers at home (R top); Chang pointing out the site where his family members was killed by Japanese invaders (R central). Photo taken on Dec. 1, 2017 shows Chang telling the story of his survival to his daughter Chang Xiaomei (L bottom). Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2014 shows the name of Chang's relatives carved on the wall remembering the victims at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing (Chang changed his family name from Dai to Chang) (C bottom); Chang posing for a photo with his family in front of the wall remembering the victims at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing (R bottom). Chang was born on Feb. 4, 1928. His father and three younger brothers were killed by Japanese with gunshots. His mother was stabbed to death. He was the only one survived in his family. The year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese invaders who occupied Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, marking the start of six weeks of destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter in the city. There are only less than 100 living survivors of the atrocity. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and record their current lives. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing, Li Xiang and Ji Chunpeng)

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