In pics: current lives of Nanjing Massacre survivors

Source: Xinhua| 2019-12-13 15:46:02|Editor: huaxia
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CHINA-NANJING-NANJING MASSACRE SURVIVOR (CN)

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2019 shows the portrait of Wu Jiying, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre. This year marks the 82nd 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. By Dec. 12, 2019, the number of registered survivors of the massacre has decreased to 78. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and record their current lives. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing)

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