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Former CW Chen Liancun of China with Don Tow. On left is Chinese activist lawyer Kang Jian (\u5eb7\u5065)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The first CW Memorial in China was unveilled on October 22, 2016 on the campus of Shanghai Normal University.\u00a0 Participating in the unveiling ceremony were former CW Lee Yong Soo of Korea and Chen Liancun of China, Memorial originator Shi Young (\u53f2\u96f7\u6c38) and Chinese sculptor Pan Yiqun (\u6f58\u6bc5\u7fa4).\u00a0 Here are some photos of the CW Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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New CW Memorial Before Unveiling<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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First CW Memorial in China Ready To Be Unveiled<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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First CW Memorial In China<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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New CW Memorial in Shanghai<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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Memorial Chinese Sculptor Pan Yiqun (\u6f58\u6bc5\u7fa4) and Originator Shi Young (\u53f2\u96f7\u6c38) with Model of Memorial<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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Two Young CW and an Empty Chair<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Young Korean CW<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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Young Chinese CW<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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Third Candidate: Young Dutch CW<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
There were several other meaningful programs spread over the two days, as seen from the program (click on photo to get a larger-size).<\/p>\n
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Conference Program<\/p><\/div>\n
We will give only two examples.\u00a0 One are the reports from one of China’s foremost germ warfare researchers Wang Xuan (\u738b\u9009) and her colleagues, including Japanese colleagues and several young Chinese members of her team.\u00a0 Among their projects are discovering a Japanese diary by a high-level officer who worked on germ warfare for the Japanese leadership, setting up the first approved Non Profit Organization (NPO) in China as an NPO consisting of atrocity victims, and plans to speak in front of Japanese legislature and American Congress, and finding additional specific data such as how many people suffered what, where, and when.\u00a0 Another is an one-hour skit “The Eyes Hold the Truth (\u773c\u89c1\u4e3a\u8bc1<\/span><\/span>)” performed by the Japanese wife-husband team, Kazuko Yukoi and Yoshiji Watanahe.\u00a0 The skit is based on the recollections of the painful experiences of CWs that the performers have interviewed with. It was gratifying to see that there were several justice-loving Japanese who made presentations at the conference, refuting the claim that seeking justice for WWII atrocities was Japan bashing.<\/p>\n
There was also a session on slave laborers chaired by Lawyer Kang Jian and Professor Guan Jianqiang (\u7ba1\u5efa\u5f3a<\/span><\/span>).\u00a0 But due to a delayed schedule that caused this session to be simultaneous with the GA Planning Meeting, I missed that session.<\/p>\n
A few more photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Professor Su Zhiliang, who was the host for the conference and the Director of the Chinese Comfort Women Research Center at Shanghai Normal University<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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Wang Xuan (\u738b\u9009, on the far right) and her Young Team of Researchers on Germ Warfare<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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\u201cThe Eyes Hold the Truth (\u773c\u89c1\u4e3a\u8bc1)\u201d Skit Performed by the Japanese Wife-Husband Team, Kazuko Yukoi and Yoshiji Watanahe<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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GA President Allen Ho and Prof. Su Zhiliang Presenting Certificate to Kazuku Yokoi and Yoshiji Watanahe<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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Former Chinese CW Chen Liancun and her helper, with Don Tow, Kazuku Yokoi, and Cathy Tsang in back row. Cathy has been a strong supporter of many projects in the U.S. and China for many years.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n
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China’s Foremost Lawyer Representing Chinese WWII Atrocity Victims – Kang Jian (\u5eb7\u5065)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
The GA Conference brought together many people and organizations from around the world who have been working on the campaign to make known to the world the many massive and inhumane atrocities that the Japanese military committed all over Asia, with the objective to provide justice and closure to this part of history and to keep this type of history from repeating itself anywhere else on earth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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