The combo photo taken on Nov. 22, 2016 shows Li Changfu resting on the chair (L top); Li listening to the radio (R top); Li standing in front of the door (R central); Li exercising in his backyard (R bottom); Li sitting in the hall of his house (C bottom); Li displaying his Nanjing Massacre survivor certificate (L bottom). Li Changfu was born on Oct. 1, 1927. His home was burnt by Japanese soldiers during their invasion to Nanjing. Now he has three sons and three daughters and his wife passed away in 2010. 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. 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)
Xinhua reporters record lives of survivors of Nanjing Massacre
Source: Xinhua| 2017-12-08 19:36:48|Editor: pengying
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