On Wednesday, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Japan to deeply reflect on its history of aggression and reaffirm its commitment to peaceful development.
Two books of Iris Chang's "The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II" are displayed at a reading room of the San Francisco WWII Pacific War Memorial Hall in San Francisco, the United States, Aug. 20, 2022. (File photo: Xinhua)
This statement was made in response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks regarding constitutional revisions to explicitly recognize Japan's Self-Defense Forces.
"During World War II, Japanese militarism inflicted profound suffering on the region and the world," said spokesperson Lin Jian.
In remembrance of the grave calamities caused by that war of aggression, we are launching a podcast series featuring excerpts from notable wartime memoirs.
Today, we present passages from the introduction to Iris Chang's The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II.
(Produced by Han Xiaomeng and intern Yao Yuhe)