Video: 南京大屠殺死難者國家公祭儀式隆重舉行 Nanjing Massacre victims the National Mourning ceremony was held on December 13th - Xi Jinping blasts Japans wartime atrocities at high-profile Nanking massacre memorial - Calling the massacre a horrendous crime against humanity and a very dark page in the history of mankind, the Chinese president vowed in his speech that history shall not be altered with the passing of time, and facts not erased by crafty denial. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday morning unleashed some of his sharpest words to date against Japans wartime atrocities in China more than seven decades ago at a sombre ceremony commemorating the Nanking massacre of 1937. Xi led officials gathered at a memorial hall in the former national capital, now called Nanjing, where 77 years ago invading Japanese soldiers slaughtered more than 300,000 people, mostly unresisting civilians, according to Chinese estimates. Any dismissive attitudes towards the history of the invasion and any comments glorifying the war are harmful to peace and justice of the human race, said Xi, in an apparent jab against Japanese politicians whose annual visits to the Yasukuni shrine and occasional comments downplaying wartime history have incurred Chinas wrath. Xi also tempered his harsh criticism with calls for peace between the two countries. The purpose of the memorial ceremony is to urge for peace, not carry on hatred, he said. We should not hate a nation simply because a small number of militarists started a war of aggression. The responsibility of the war lay with a small number of militarists, not the people. But people should at no time forget the heinous crimes committed by the invaders, Xi said. After the national anthem, participants and people throughout the city stood for one minute of silence against the wail of what was described as the world’s largest air raid siren. https://youtube/watch?v=GL3zWYvqfNU
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:34:30 +0000
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