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China to expand Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-01 09:22 The Nanjing Municipal
Government had decided to expand the existing Nanjing Memorial Hall of
Compatriots Murdered in the Nanjing Massacre and build a world peace square and
a park nearby, Xinhua News Agency reported Monday.
Li Xiuying, survivor of the
Nanjing massacre in 1937 in which over 300,000 were killed by Japanese
invaders, holds a red candle to commemorate the victims in Nanjing, East
China's Jiangsu Province.[newsphoto.com.cn] | The
move is designed to mark the 60th anniversary of the victory in the world war
against fascism, and the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese
Aggression in China (1937-1945).
The expansion project is expected to occupy an area of 180,450 square meters.
The expansion, due to start Tuesday, was scheduled to be completed by the end of
May, said a government official in charge of civil engineering.
More than 300,000 Chinese civilians were slain in the Nanjing Massacre, which
occurred after the invading Japanese troops occupied the city Dec. 13, 1937.
Some 20,000 women were raped in the one-month atrocity and one-third of the
houses in the city were burned down.
In 1985, the municipal government built a magnificent memorial hall at the
Jiangdong Gate, for the 300,000 civilians and soldiers who were killed during
the massacre.
The memorial hall was enlarged to 28,000 square meters in 1995.
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