2024-12-13
59 分钟China has marked the National Memorial Day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre which took place 87 years ago (01:06). South Korea's parliament advances the time to vote on the second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol (12:45). China says it is open to engaging with the new U.S. administration's economic and trade team (41:15).
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Now, here's your host, Zhou Hong Yu with you on this Friday, December 13, 2024.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, China marks the national Memorial Day for the victims of the Nanjing massacre.
The South Korean Parliament advances the time to vote on the impeachment against the President.
The United nations warns of dire humanitarian situation in Gaza as winter approaches.
In business, key messages from China's Central Economic Work Conference in sports highlights and the swimming world Championships in Budapest.
In culture and entertainment, China's first AAA video game wins two TGA awards.
Now today's top stories.
China has marked the National Memorial Day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place 87 years ago.
Residents in the eastern Chinese city attended a memorial ceremony on Friday, observing a moment of silence along with resonating sirens.
Zhou Jaxin has more on the event.
The Solon Memorial ceremony saw a crowd of massacred survivors, five descendants of victims and other attendees gathering outside the Memorial hall, the victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invaders.
After singing the national anthem, a siren blared citywide and vehicles came to a halt honking for one minute.
And pedestrians, along with those of us here also paused for a minute of silence to honor the 300,000 officially recorded victims of the six week lawn massacre.
This year, six survivors of the Nanjing Massacre have passed away, leaving only 32 registered survivors.
Sadly, the harrowing accounts of those who have passed, along with the profound grief of countless families, remain largely unknown to the rest of the world.
In recent years, f Nanjing has made significant efforts to organize memorial events to ensure that these history is not forgotten.