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'Rape of Nanking' Fresh, 70 Years Later

Posted Dec 15, 07 5:19 AM CST in World 

(Newser) – Seventy years have passed since the "Rape of Nanking," when Japanese soldiers brutally massacred as many as 300,000 Chinese civilians, but the effects of the trauma are still very much present in China and its relations with Japan. Memorializing the event plays a major role in cementing China's sense of its own history, Der Spiegel reports.

A museum—currently undergoing major renovations—is built atop the unofficial graves of countless dead, and the entire landscape of the city now called Nanjing is peppered with symbolic sites and historic houses. The World War II-era occupation remains a raw topic in both countries. Some Japanese nationalists deny it occurred, while China's Communist leaders have used it to bind party to people amid capitalist reforms.

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Chinese soldiers pay their respects during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, at the memorial hall of the victims, in Nanjing eastern China's Jiangsu...   (Associated Press)
Japanese soldiers entering Nanking in 1937.   (Public Domain)
Chinese people attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese troops, at the memorial hall of Nanjing massacre, in Nanjing eastern China's Jiangsu province, Thursday...   (Associated Press)
A child walks at The Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing eastern China's Jiangsu...   (Associated Press)
Thousands of pigeons are released during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese troops, at the memorial hall of Nanjing massacre, in Nanjing eastern China's Jiangsu...   (Associated Press)
People pay their respect during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, at the memorial hall of the victims, in Nanjing eastern China's Jiangsu province,...   (Associated Press)
A man walks at the memorial hall of the Victims in Nanjing massacre a day before the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, in Nanjing eastern China's Jiangsu province, Wednesday...   (Associated Press)
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