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Nanjing a sombre history

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September 11th 2012
Nanjing was the location of a notorious atrocity in the war between China and Japan. This is known as the Nanjing massacre (1937) in which over 300,000 Chinese people were killed. This figure is the Chinese figure, the Japanese would not agree. Despite continuing disagreement, many Japanese former soldiers have made important contributions to the museum. The English captions in the museum were exc ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more