Ten o'clock, December 13, stirring siren wailing over the ancient
city of Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, more
than 2,000 residents gathered at the Nanjing Jiangdongmen Massacre
Memorial Hall in commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the
Nanjing Massacre.
Li
Yuanchao, deputy Party secretary of Jiangsu Province and Party
secretary of Nanjing, spoke at the ceremony. He said: "Today we
mourn the 300,000 civilians killed in the massacre and the 600,000
civilians killed in the whole province by the invading Japanese
troops."
"The bloody day of December 13, 1937 will always be
remembered."
"We, the people of Nanjing, will not forget that day. The Chinese
people will not forget that day. All peace-loving people in the
world, including those in Japan, will not forget that tragic
day."
Nanjing fell to the Japanese Imperial Army on December 13, 1937.
During the following six weeks, 300,000 people, mostly civilians,
were massacred.
(China Daily December
13, 2001)