Illustrated story revives tragedy of Nanjing Massacre survivors

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The combo picture shows the portrait, signature of Chang Zhiqiang and illustrated story reviving his tragedy based on facts. Born on Feb. 4, 1928, Chang is a survivor of Nanjing Massacre, a heinous crime committed by the Japanese militarists during World War II in 1937, in Nanjing, then capital of China. In December of 1937, then 9-year-old Chang witnessed his father and three younger brothers murdered by Japanese troops. His mother was stabbed to death, before dying she still tried to breed her youngest son. The youngest brother of Chang froze and perished not long after. Chang were greatly shocked, soon passed out, escaping death by a hair's breadth. The year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese invaders who occupied Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, marking the start of six weeks of destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter in the city. There are only less than 100 living survivors of the atrocity. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and record their current lives. (Xinhua/Photo by Li Xiang, Illustrated by Chen Congying)