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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
NANJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — Nanjing Massacre survivor Xiong Shulan, 94, died on Saturday, bringing the total number of registered survivors of the tragedy to 25, the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Museum in east China's Jiangsu Province said Monday.
The Nanjing Massacre occurred after the Japanese occupation forces captured Nanjing, then the capital of China, on December 13, 1937. Over the course of six weeks, the invaders killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers. This tragedy is considered one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.
In 1937, after Japanese troops entered Nanjing, Xiong Shulan survived by shaved her head and disguised herself as a boy.
The deceased was a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for 40 years and was passionate about performing kuaiban – folk poems recited to the sound of bamboo slats.
Since the beginning of this year, seven survivors of the Nanjing Massacre have already died, as a result of which the number of people directly involved in those events continues to decrease.
In 2014, the 7th Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th NPC declared December 13 as National Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
The Chinese government also recorded survivors' testimonies, both in written and video form. This evidence of the massacres was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2015. -0-
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