69th Anniversary of Japan's Surrender

Editor's note

On August 15, 2014, China's State Archives Administration (SAA) began releasing documents and videos showing Japan's aggression and defeat to China during the 1930s and 1940s. The 24-part video series, entitled "The Great Victory", is to mark the 69th anniversary of victory in both the national war against Japanese aggression and WWII.

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  Documentary series portrays brutal Japanese occupation

  December 15, 2014

  A new five-part documentary on the Japanese occupation of Nanjing has begun airing on China Central Television.

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  Memorial hall prepares for first National Memorial Day

  December 12, 2014

  The Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre is making final preparations for the upcoming National Memorial Day.

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  Survivors mourn relatives killed in 1937 Nanjing Massacre

  December 12, 2014

  Living survivors of the Nanjing massacre have been remembering family members who perished nearly eighty years ago.

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  China: Japan's disposal program far behind schedule

  December 12, 2014

  After World War Two, the Japanese army left behind large amounts of chemical weapons in China.

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  Nanjing municipal archives releases more evidence

  December 12, 2014

  Tomorrow will mark China's national memorial day. It's on the same date 77 years ago, Japanese invaders began the notorious Nanjing Massacre.

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  6th episode of Nanjing Massacre Archives released

  December 12, 2014

  China's State Archives Administration has released more evidence on its website documenting the scale of the Nanjing Massacre.

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  International poster competition opens in Nanjing

  December 12, 2014

  A poster exhibition is underway in Nanjing, as part of activities to honor the victims of the 1937 massacre.

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  Massacre survivor recalls experience in Nanjing

  December 11, 2014

  A 19-year-old woman appears in the footage. She was Li Xiuying, 7 months' pregnant at the time. She was hiding in a basement in the international safe zone in Nanjing. But there was no safety there.

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  Massacre victims' families issue open letter demanding justice

  December 11, 2014

  Wednesday marks Human Rights Day, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1950. To coincide with this day, the families of the Nanjing massacre victims published an open letter to UN's human rights organizations.

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  Second video released documenting the Nanjing Massacre

  December 9, 2014

  China's State Archives Administration has released another 10 minute video on its website documenting the Nanjing Massacre.

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