国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

 
San Francisco shows film to remember Japanese invasion of China
                 Source: Xinhua | 2018-07-09 21:48:22 | Editor: huaxia

Huang Youliang, a former "comfort woman," stays at home in Yidui Village of Lingshui County, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 2, 2017. Huang died at the age of 90 on Aug. 12. A total of 24 Chinese comfort women, including Huang, have attempted to sue the Japanese government in four cases since 1995. All have failed. Across the Chinese mainland, only 14 comfort women are still alive, according to the Research Center for Comfort Women at Shanghai Normal University. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- A film telling the plight of Chinese "comfort women" was screened over the weekend in San Francisco's Chinatown to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the July 7 Incident of 1937.

The screening, free and open to the public, was organized by the Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization seeking redress for atrocities committed by Japan's Imperial Army during the Nanjing Massacre.

The sufferings that the Japanese Imperial Army inflicted upon the Chinese people and the people of other Asian countries represent one of the darkest chapters of the history in the 20th century, said Jennifer Cheung, chairperson of the Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition.

On July 7, 1937, the Japanese Army provoked an incident near Beijing, also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident," which marked the start of the full-scale Japanese invasion. More than 35 million Chinese people were killed and wounded during the Japanese occupation, which continued until 1945.

Cheung said they hope to help more people learn about the history by showing the film outside of China.

"We hope more screenings could be arranged in China, especially on Aug. 14, the International Memorial Day of Comfort Women," she said.

The feature film, Great Cold, was released across China on Jan. 12. It's the first time it has been publicly screened in the United States.

Set in a village in Shanxi Province, the film centers on two young sisters, who are sexually enslaved by invading Japanese soldiers during the War of Chinese people's Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945).

It examines the plight of the former comfort women, the misery inflicted on the victims and Japan's refusal to face up to its wartime past.

The number of surviving "comfort women" is decreasing, which worries advocates that the memories will fade away with them.

Lillian Sing, co-chair of "Comfort Women" Justice Coalition, which co-organized the screening, condemned the Japanese right-wing's efforts to revise the history of "comfort women" and refusal to apologize to those women.

She called on the young people to watch the film and help preserve the history.

Last year, her group spearheaded the installing of a "comfort women" statue in a public park in downtown San Francisco, the first in a major U.S. city.

Back to Top Close
Xinhuanet

San Francisco shows film to remember Japanese invasion of China

Source: Xinhua 2018-07-09 21:48:22

Huang Youliang, a former "comfort woman," stays at home in Yidui Village of Lingshui County, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 2, 2017. Huang died at the age of 90 on Aug. 12. A total of 24 Chinese comfort women, including Huang, have attempted to sue the Japanese government in four cases since 1995. All have failed. Across the Chinese mainland, only 14 comfort women are still alive, according to the Research Center for Comfort Women at Shanghai Normal University. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- A film telling the plight of Chinese "comfort women" was screened over the weekend in San Francisco's Chinatown to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the July 7 Incident of 1937.

The screening, free and open to the public, was organized by the Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization seeking redress for atrocities committed by Japan's Imperial Army during the Nanjing Massacre.

The sufferings that the Japanese Imperial Army inflicted upon the Chinese people and the people of other Asian countries represent one of the darkest chapters of the history in the 20th century, said Jennifer Cheung, chairperson of the Rape of Nanking Redress Coalition.

On July 7, 1937, the Japanese Army provoked an incident near Beijing, also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident," which marked the start of the full-scale Japanese invasion. More than 35 million Chinese people were killed and wounded during the Japanese occupation, which continued until 1945.

Cheung said they hope to help more people learn about the history by showing the film outside of China.

"We hope more screenings could be arranged in China, especially on Aug. 14, the International Memorial Day of Comfort Women," she said.

The feature film, Great Cold, was released across China on Jan. 12. It's the first time it has been publicly screened in the United States.

Set in a village in Shanxi Province, the film centers on two young sisters, who are sexually enslaved by invading Japanese soldiers during the War of Chinese people's Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945).

It examines the plight of the former comfort women, the misery inflicted on the victims and Japan's refusal to face up to its wartime past.

The number of surviving "comfort women" is decreasing, which worries advocates that the memories will fade away with them.

Lillian Sing, co-chair of "Comfort Women" Justice Coalition, which co-organized the screening, condemned the Japanese right-wing's efforts to revise the history of "comfort women" and refusal to apologize to those women.

She called on the young people to watch the film and help preserve the history.

Last year, her group spearheaded the installing of a "comfort women" statue in a public park in downtown San Francisco, the first in a major U.S. city.

010020070750000000000000011100001373126171
主站蜘蛛池模板: 湘阴县| 安丘市| 永川市| 都江堰市| 荆门市| 龙井市| 贵阳市| 南澳县| 太和县| 盐城市| 镇沅| 延长县| 连州市| 区。| 通城县| 黔东| 余干县| 秦安县| 榆社县| 信宜市| 景泰县| 宣城市| 莱芜市| 大邑县| 白玉县| 普兰县| 读书| 沙雅县| 沈丘县| 封丘县| 肇庆市| 靖宇县| 洮南市| 晋宁县| 潞西市| 三明市| 治多县| 乌拉特前旗| 稷山县| 彭泽县| 石河子市|