Moment of remembrance

Students pay tribute to the 300,000 victims killed in the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38) at the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing on Tuesday.

The legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario is considering designating Dec 13 as Nanjing Massacre Remembrance Day.

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