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22:26, 12-Dec-2017
Over 400 overseas Chinese groups to hold Nanjing Massacre memorials
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A total of 447 overseas Chinese groups are to hold memorial ceremonies for Nanjing Massacre victims Wednesday.
More than 10,000 Chinese people in countries including the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Argentina, are expected to attend the ceremonies.
Chou Xiuying (C), an 87-year-old survivor of Nanjing Massacre, attends a memorial ceremony in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, December 4, 2017. /VCG Photo
Chou Xiuying (C), an 87-year-old survivor of Nanjing Massacre, attends a memorial ceremony in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, December 4, 2017. /VCG Photo
China will hold an annual memorial in the eastern city of Nanjing Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the massacre.
"The memorials are held worldwide to remind us of history, and the value of world peace," said Zhang Jianjun, curator of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
A memorial ceremony for Nanjing Massacre victims in San Francisco, US, December 10, 2017. /VCG Photo
A memorial ceremony for Nanjing Massacre victims in San Francisco, US, December 10, 2017. /VCG Photo
On December 13, 1937, Nanjing fell to Japanese invaders who went on a more than one-month-long slaughter of civilians and soldiers who had put down their arms. About 300,000 Chinese were killed, and 20,000 women were raped.
In February 2014, China's top legislature designated December 13 as a national memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency