China observes a national day of mourning to remember the 1937 Nanjing Massacre
Every December 13, China pauses to honor the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during the 1937 invasion of Nanjing, a solemn reminder of one of history's most devastating wartime atrocities.
Starting in late 1937, the city of Nanjing witnessed six weeks of systematic violence following its capture by the Imperial Japanese Army. This period of history, often referred to as the Rape of Nanking, resulted in the deaths of an estimated 300,000 people and left a permanent scar on the nation's collective memory.
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