Snub for Japan as documents on Nanjing Massacre listed
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CHINA is to set up a special database and upgrade the protection of documents relating to the Nanjing Massacre after files on the atrocity were listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
A number of domestic archives will jointly establish the database, which will be open to the public at home and abroad, the Second Historical Archives of China said yesterday.
Over more than six weeks, from December 13, 1937, to January in 1938, the Nanjing Massacre saw the deaths of 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers after the city fell into the hands of the Japanese.
Last Friday, despite protests by Japan, the UN cultural and scientific body agreed to 47 new inscriptions, including 11 sets of Nanjing Massacre documents recording murders and rapes committed by Japanese troops.
“The Nanjing Massacre is a severe crime committed by Japanese militarism during World War II and is a historical fact recognized by the international community,” Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said. “Facts should not be denied and history not re-written.”
“Inscription of the documents will help us honor history, refute wrong claims and disseminate the truth,” said Zhu Chengshan, curator of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.
There are a large amount of archives on the atrocity from the aggressor, victims and third parties, said Guo Biqiang, a researcher with the Second Historical Archives of China. The amount and variety of the documents were unmatched compared with similar events, he said.
“China will ensure these valuable documents are protected and circulated, and make them play a positive role in remembering history, cherishing peace, looking into the future and safeguarding human dignity,” Hua said.
Nanjing Massacre documents are mainly housed in the Second Historical Archives of China, the Nanjing Municipal Archives and the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.
The UN Memory of the World Register was set up in 1992 to preserving humanity’s documentary heritage.
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