Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Xi attends China's
first memorial ceremony for Nanjing Massacre victims
In 1931, Japan
invaded northeast China. Then in 1937, it started a full-scale invasion all
over China and captured Nanjing, then China's capital. There, over 300,000
Chinese soldiers and residents were murdered by Japanese troops, according to
the Chinese announcement,
77 years after the
massacre, China’s top leaders suddenly decided to designate Dec. 13 as the
National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims to mourn those war crimes as
well as to convey the Chinese people's stance for world peace.
There is something
clearly shown in Xi Jinping’s speech at the ceremony. He mentioned that the
intention of the commemoration is to remember the severe crimes committed by
aggressors lies with a few militarists but not to blame on Japan or Japanese
people.
Enjoy reading and
learning how China is voicing criticism over the war crime and calling for
world peace after all these years.
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