Tuesday 1 September 2015

War and peace witnessed by city gates

By Jin Chen () 13:11, September 01, 2015

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Above: Japanese invaders boarded the Zhongshan Gate in Dec. 1937.
(Provided by Nanjing City Wall Protection and Management Center)
Below: Pedestrians and vehicles go by the Zhongshan Gate on Aug. 26, 2015.
(Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Ji Chunpeng)

The year 2015 marks the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-fascist War. The reporter revisited the Zhonghua Gate and Zhongshan Gate in Nanjing city which had been attacked by Japanese invaders in Dec. 1937 to look for the trace of history and feel the value of peace through the comparison of the past and present photos.

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