China Marks 80th Anniversary Of Nanjing Massacre With Somber Memorial, Healing Words | NBC News

The 1937 massacre, in which China says Japanese troops killed 300,000 people, remains a deep scar on the nation's memory.
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China Marks 80th Anniversary Of Nanjing Massacre With Somber Memorial, Healing Words | NBC News

[@gamerhalim4717]

I will pray to victims of Nanking massacre 🙏😔(namo amitabha x3) from Indonesia 🇮🇩

[@PasscodeAdvance]

Good

[@itsblitz4437]

What is "Namo Amitabh"?

[@gamerhalim4717]

@@itsblitz4437 Buddhist mantra (more like god bless you)

[@kaneidareyue7715]

@@itsblitz4437 Its Buddhist Praying.

[@osolsl9321]

Hello. As a Japanese I sincerely feel sorry for all the victims of ww2 due to our ancestors. I feel deep remorse and shame for what the Imperial Japan have done to the Chinese people and all the countries involved. Im angered that our government does not admit the historical truth and apologize to the countries. I wish for eternal peace and good relationship between Japan and China.

[@arpanmalakar11]

If Indians would have asked British to apologise for the sins they have done to India, they simply would have told that "we did nothing, our ancestors did and why should we be ashamed"? Good that atleast you are apologising for what your ancestors did. Peace from India.✌️

[@osolsl9321]

@@arpanmalakar11 I personally dont believe we the descendants have to apologize for the acts of our ancestors, however I just wanted everyone out here to know that we feel shameful of some of our history.

[@arpanmalakar11]

@@osolsl9321 and that's what the Brits don't accept that they have committed the crime. They act as if they don't know anything. They don't even feel ashamed, are proud of their empire. At least you are accepting the mistakes. We also wish for eternal peace and good relationship between us and British but one must be good at forgiving but not forgetting.👍

[@gamingman1993]

finally a Japanese said it.

[@gamingman1993]

@@arpanmalakar11 yes man we have never committed a war crime in the past and hope that it will remain like that

[@caleblu7119]

Forgetting history is a betrayal to one's country. We remember tragedies not to prolong hatred but to stay vigilant not to allow such thing happen again and motivate ourselves to become stronger in order to protect our nation and its people.

[@Archvil1]

I feel sad for chinese people. Now the japanese looks so polite and peaceful. But that doesn't erase the genocide wich they did in the past. Stay strong China.

[@angelusvastator1297]

Now China is unfortunately becoming the villain.

[@jerryhsu5032]

@@angelusvastator1297 BS

[@HowardDeng-iw2yk]

@@bradysloan5160 Ur evil

[@HowardDeng-iw2yk]

@Desmond Kwang They had done it for China's own good. You know before the CCP became the official government, the Nationalists who were in control back then were so corrupted and so were the rich people. The rich people have tons of wealth and can live in ultra luxury life while the other 99% can't afford bread. In the richest cities back then there were dead bodies of people starving everywhere on the streets so when Mao Zedong came with his boys he killed all the rich people and gave the riches to the poor, except he got a little bit insecure and killed much more people later.

[@macrick]

@@HowardDeng-iw2yk Did you know that China back then just came out of the collapse of the Qing Dynasty? Several provinces are under control by feudal warlords. Poverty don't evaporate overnight. Also, those stupid peasants who assisted in killing the wealthy, teachers and landlords later died in the great leap forward by starvation. LoL! They deserve it, period. Communism doesn't work in practice, don't be naive. Talking about corruption, I would safely say all CCP officials are CORRUPTED these days.

[@forrestgump865]

Thank you for reporting this.

[@davidwei536]

@Mark Johnson run forest run!

[@TianZhaoHeavenlyFortune]

Thank you for reporting this to a Western audience!

[@John-wp5ok]

We know about Nanjing in the West. Terrible suffering. Our soldiers were also treated appallingly by imperial Japan when captured. But no one who did that is still alive.

[@Fontilus123]

Every time I hear about this my heart hurts for those victims 🙏🏾 RIP

[@JeromeandTyrone]

I was truly saddened when I studied and learned of the Nanjing Massacre. I offer my Sincere Condolences to the people of China.

[@VPROY-yr9vv]

USA gifted Atom BOMBs wat Japan really deserved , respect from India

[@nicktan4530]

But the innocent people never do anything wrong

[@PasscodeAdvance]

True

[@mi3night339]

Nick tan15 million innocent people in china did nothing wrong?

[@nicktan4530]

@@mi3night339 yes they did nothing wrong , peace living chinese

[@coffeelink943]

Vijin Roy well... the Japanese military and officers were the one that committed the crime not the citizen and I don’t think the citizens even know what was going on. What the U.S should have done is bomb the Japanese military base not on innocent civilians

[@silviatjhia1824]

Thanks to the US missionary that time whom witness the cruelty of Japan

[@_cent7]

jaydee040 found the commie that knows nothing lmao

[@charliem6467]

jaydee040 You are in denial of reality

[@vanlalruatdikakullai1108]

You mean the unsung heroes

[@jazmynbrown6820]

My condolences to those who were victims to the Nanjing Massacre.... 🙏🙏

[@wasanthidodangoda5345]

හදවතින් අප යුද බිමෙහි ඔබ තනි කලේ නැත කෙදිනකවත්, චීනයේ මුර දේවතාවුන් හැමදාමත් චීනය රකිනවා! 🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@hailnationalism3768]

R.I.P. for does innocent people who died in nanking

[@Bobeeha]

it's nanjing

[@liang8255]

The only way to protect yourself is to make yourself strong, so strong that no one dare to think about touching you. Another thing in Chinese culture: if you don't like sth or someone mistreat you, build your strength and change it, during the building course keep silence and low profile. China is changing the colonist, blood thirsty western order.

[@reseviladik]

When i saw the images and videos about nanking massacre.. i was crying and cant sleep.. i feel so bad to china, let me include also the terror faced by korea, malaysia indonesia and other neighboor countries who suffer the worst nightmare during ww2..

[@bard2746]

never forget NEVER FORGIVE

[@owenjiang8381]

Respect the history, R.I.P.

[@hindurashtravadi2563]

Love and respect for China and chinese citizen they are really hardworking guys

[@yunkai336]

Thank you for sharing and reporting on history

[@geteverybodymoving]

God bless China.. Stay strong.. jia -you✊💪

[@charliem6467]

Until Japan apologizes for this and acknowledges what they did. We will not be apologizing for the atomic bomb.

[@astrea4020]

They never will, which is why I’m not particularly saddened by it. The civilian deaths are regrettable, but the decision to drop the bombs was made by a perfectly understandable reaction to the imperialist monsters.

[@arpanmalakar11]

No, actually if Japan "by mistake" apologies, the Americans should not apologise for the atomic bomb. Japan even deserved 3 more atomic bombs. Then they would have realised.

[@fedupwithbs1782]

Think america already apologized

[@emperorshowa8842]

Until America did not apologize to Japan for dropping the atomic bomb. We will not be apologising to anyone Especially Nanking. No need for that. Dropping the atomic bomb is a war crime, i.e. not apologizing guys are war crimes against humanity and you are proud of it.

[@emperorshowa8842]

Hey actually"Charlie M" We will never apologize for the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941

[@ooka7705]

Remember the Japanese soldier that bayoneted a chinese baby in Nanking Japan doesnt

[@desiretheright2442]

We do not forget, but China stays strong.

[@yilinli9219]

never forget the history！！！

[@GotBannedFromTikTok]

No

[@GotBannedFromTikTok]

Forget it

[@robertevbayekha6639]

@@GotBannedFromTikTok no remember it

[@pureffecto]

Lest we forget......

[@Hoo88846]

“Lest we forget” means we won’t forget. It is classical English. :)

[@bryanmills7379]

EvolutionismAnti-Science Lie it's my fault, I don't see carefully and I will delete it soon

[@jeffreyng3351]

It's not only the dead suffered but those that they left behind till this day and those that survived. The cause is due to weak arm forces .For Hiroshima, it's due to evil forces

[@user-vh8gp9tk2u]

If it's not obvious there is nothing forgiven and we will not survive I don't know what else you need too see.

[@sapphire2640]

its honestly scary how the chinese are still willing to go for world peace despite being strong enought to wipe out japan. like the amount of restraint wth

[@zhidapang8825]

2015年10月，联合国教科文组织世界记忆工程咨询委员会对中国大陸申报世界记忆遗产的南京大屠杀相关资料进行审核10月9日，联合国教科文组织网站公布2014-2015年度新入选世界记忆遗产名录的项目名单，南京大屠杀档案成功入选世界记忆遗产名录. .. 这已经是世界的历史...不单单是中国人与日本的历史.. 每个人类永远不能忘记的历史..

[@tienphan2872]

Oh,great country....their enemy must be scare of..

[@christopherqchin4319]

5000 years of history of the middle kingdom. What happened to all those that died till the cultural revolution? Any commeration for them as well?

[@friskasmaniacalabomination2372]

No, but Nanking was recent

[@emperorshowa8842]

What happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the genocide committed by US President Harry Truman against humanity and political gains.

[@Hoo88846]

Japanese taking history out of context to play the victim

[@biwako_117]

アイコン昭和天皇ですけど登録チャンネル見たらわかるようにイスラエル人すよ

[@santeelee2139]

Never forget!

[@warriorclan2671]

Yes if you did forget part II is about to happen 🤣😂

[@TheTraveler2222]

Thats why for alot of Chinese people, we have no sympathy when we hear about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing, we feel it was just karma doing its job

[@emperorshowa8842]

Why do you say we? Perhaps the reason you have no sympathy for the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is because you are advocating a war crime against humanity.

[@TheTraveler2222]

@@emperorshowa8842 the atomic bombs are more than justified against Japanese imperialism. You are advocating genocide by the Japanese imperial army!

[@emperorshowa8842]

@@TheTraveler2222 I do not defend imperialism nor justify genocide that never happened? Why don't you talk about the genocide that took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? This is an unforgivable war crime.

[@TheTraveler2222]

@@emperorshowa8842 you are a genocide denier, Japan tried to Genocide the Chinese people. You are a piece crap just like them

[@emperorshowa8842]

@@TheTraveler2222 You are wrong because There was genocide in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and you deny it, Just calm down, you're just one of those anti-Japanese people using some dirty language.

[@popj-xg4to]

Operation Ichi-Go is an operation conducted by the Japanese Army on the Chinese mainland from April 17th to December 10th, 1944 during the Sino-Japanese War. It was the last major offensive of the Japanese Army, which caused the National Revolutionary Army to be hit hard and affected during the Chinese Civil War. However, on the other hand, the United States is also mediating the conclusion of the Double Tenth Agreement with Chiang Kai-shek in order to avoid a civil war. According to a study by Barbara W. Tuchman, the results of this operation had a more significant impact on the subsequent war situation than the Japanese had imagined, and had a decisive impact on Japan's fate. According to it, Franklin Roosevelt has consistently strongly trusted and supported Chiang Kai-shek since the beginning of the war, and encouraged him in the war against Japan so that he would not drop out of the Allies in a single peace with Japan during the Cairo Conference. However, he said that he changed his mind because the front of Chiang Kai-shek collapsed due to this operation. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek has not been invited to important Allied conferences ("Yalta Conference" and "Potsdam Conference") since then. According to the Stilwell document, Roosevelt said, "Can China win?" Stilwell said, "There is no choice but to eliminate Chiang Kai-shek." During the 1944 Hengyang battle, he could not sleep at night and twice. He says he thought about suicide. The American side also planned to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek, and three methods of "poisoning", "aircraft incident", and "pretending to be suicide" were considered, but it was canceled in 1944 due to changes in the international situation such as Burma. The successor that the United States envisioned is Sun Fountain. As Roosevelt's Chief of Staff George Marshall and General Joseph Stilwell have long insisted, Chiang Kai-shek's army is actually a demoralized and corrupt organization that does not form an army. It became clear that he had no desire or ability to fight with the United States and other Allied forces. As a result, President Roosevelt changed the scenario of the operation against Japan from the conventional bombing of Japan and other countries from the air bases of mainland China to the one that MacArthur and others claimed to occupy the islands of the Pacific Ocean one after another. China was dismissed at the Yalta Conference, and the Allied nation's footsteps were disturbed, with angry Chiang Kai-shek presenting a peace plan to Japan against the will of the United States. The Japanese Operation Ichi-Go attack left the National Revolutionary Army with 750,000 casualties. This caused the Kuomintang to lose to the Communist Party in the civil war. China would not have been dominated by the dictatorship Communist Party if it had made peace with Japan and cooperated in protecting it from communism.

[@Lvisredalin]

Both are dictatorships, and both aren't willing to surrender to imperialism.

[@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902]

Nanjing was, is e always be an open wound on the Chinese memory......

[@briankin1827]

Japan still have not apologized for this atrocity

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

Mao zedong: its sad what atrocities happend in Nanjing Everyone else: indeed 😂

[@chimmychonga7793]

Hehehe MURICA

[@jarrodyuki7081]

general iwane matsui has already been hung so dont blame this generation of japanese for any war crime.

[@codenameeaglecooldown900]

So the general do this

[@housesoap9777]

Then the country should have no problem apologizing

[@anzuanzuanzu5522]

How about Shiro Ishii

[@jarrodyuki7081]

@@anzuanzuanzu5522 about shiro ishii: 1. hes already dead too 2. only 2000 test subjects died 3. the medical research was very significant for modern medicine.

[@anzuanzuanzu5522]

Jarrod Yuki it was deemed of little value and amateurish by US researches tho. Shiro Ishii died by natural causes, neither was Prince Asaka persecuted. Only 2000 died?? More people died from the bubonic plague in China thanks to Unit 731. So long as Japan refuses to acknowledge, apologize, and teach its future gens about it, you can’t expect them to just get over it. No one is blaming the current generation btw. You’re one heartless man to be justifying Unit 731.

[@emperorshowa8842]

Lol

[@liyilin399]

never forget history!!!勿忘历史，吾辈自强！

[@pseudotatsuya]

you cannot learn true history unless you go out of China where there is no freedom of speech.

[@GotBannedFromTikTok]

Whahahah

[@GotBannedFromTikTok]

Whahha

[@ciptaan_ayah_ibu]

World peace better future but claiming south china sea.. bullying asean 🤭

[@hoonk766]

Nanjing Festival again Please remove all of coronas

[@clarkstrange2142]

I have no favor towards the CCP, but I gotta respect how they honor an event that took place in their arch rival’s (the KMT’s) city

[@friskasmaniacalabomination2372]

This atrocity is committed on the CHINESE PEOPLE, not the Guomindang people.

[@clarkstrange2142]

@@friskasmaniacalabomination2372 right that’s why I’m saying I respect that the put the regime politics aside and stand in solidarity for their fellow countrymen who died

[@friskasmaniacalabomination2372]

@@clarkstrange2142 exactly good on you

[@clarkstrange2142]

@@friskasmaniacalabomination2372 thanks!

[@sophiapde9369]

Make Japan apologize for Nanking.

[@emperorshowa8842]

No lol

[@Jones-xf5rr]

No

[@seekertv7568]

But now China starting to get the island in Asia country maybe they forget the past how hard the situation if there is war.I feel sorry to Philippines

[@jerrybored3508]

Lol if you know the islands Vietnam occupied

[@johnvanwinckel3630]

when you realize the communist's didn't even fight in nanjing but still try to get the merrit points

[@zzm2405]

communists are also Chinese people, in such a horrible event politics does not matter

[@nt8781]

Yes they did, it's documented that both sides did.

[@saybervoltz695]

I support the Japanese people, but down with the fascists in the Japanese government!

[@mr.griffe9202]

Tiananmen Square needs an anniversary too

[@rodrigoh1025]

Good day

[@friskasmaniacalabomination2372]

You think the Tiananmen square massacre was even close to what happened in Nanking? You people bring out the most irrelevant piranhas just for this new sino-us cold war rhetoric, shameful

[@blancwill7565]

Why not apologize to the Indians and give them back North America and let Americans die?

[@friskasmaniacalabomination2372]

@@blancwill7565 “Let Americans die”, not gonna like I dont think anyone would want to listen to someone who advocates genocide

[@Jones-xf5rr]

Yup

[@INACTIVE4EVER]

BANZAIIII

[@emperorshowa8842]

𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗭𝗔𝗜!!!!! 😄👍

[@dave4342]

You are so laughable. Not only Chinese but Japanese are laughing at you. Stop trying to fit in East Asia’s circle because your own country is a dirt hole😂😂😂

[@Pbdave1092]

When are they gonna remember Tianamen Square?

[@pikarat_nova]

JustDave we do, just that it was an unhappy time for China so we don’t mention it openly to stir trouble over past protest mistakes (my dad partook in the protest so don’t say I don’t understand). Just like in America most people don’t talk openly about the Chinese massacre of the 1800s. Also, remember VPN.

[@Pbdave1092]

@@pikarat_nova I don't think the Chinese Government's gonna mark a remembrance date for the protests against the leading party...

[@pikarat_nova]

No, most unlikely:) The Nanjing Massacre can’t be compared to the June 4th in ways that an entire generation perish and scarred for life, it’s the chinese version of the holocaust, bless those souls. The June 4th incident is comparable to HK riots, just that things turn out bad and we mainlanders decided this wasn’t the best track for our country...in our fight for something ideas of “freedom and democracy” we almost turn back time on China for chaos. A good example is hay’s or bacon’s rebellion(I think) in American history. Btw, CPC may not be the perfect gov but it is not the so called Stalin government or 1989 gov. Thanks for reading!

[@jiayilim1986]

When we remember the innocent victims of war, we focus on the issue at hand and remember them earnestly. Tiananmen Square is a separate issue. While we can criticize that, we should not bring it up when the focus is on the victims. Etiquette.

[@Pbdave1092]

@@jiayilim1986 So long as Justice has not been given, any time is a good time to remember the victims.

[@moymoy123ish]

the problem is they care only Nanjing story but Tinanmon

[@Nathan-jh1ho]

The Great Leap Foward, Cultural Revolutions, and other campaigns killed way more people. This is like focusing on Germans massacring POWs but ignoring the holocaust. There is much more history people already forgot.

[@user-fp5wv2dq2j]

笑

[@Jones-xf5rr]

Chinese propaganda

[@iamnotthejessieyouknow8860]

you’re ridiculously brainwashed

[@iamnotthejessieyouknow8860]

Go to do some research, and if you don’t believe the evidence spread on internet, go to the Nanjing Massacre Museum to see the actual evidence and record. There are still some victims alive, but only a few and they are all very old now, if Japanese government keep resisting to admit the crimes til all of this victims dead, then no victim will receive the apology they deserve. But his history will never pass away, as long as Japanese government refuses to admit. You can also go and check what japan has did to Korean and taiwan.

[@lightyagami1324]

fake news

[@DJFREESTYLESOCCER]

meilhei ehsan you're fake, the entire family is fake