New Evidence of Japanese Aggression Found in NE China

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, December 11, 2001

New Evidence of Japanese Aggression Found in NE China

An album titled as "Military Records of the Japanese Army in Manchuria", owned by a retired worker in northeast China, is fresh evidence of the Japanese aggression against China in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries.

Issued in 1939, the 151-page Japanese album records the "military successes" of the Japanese troops in "Manchuria" (northeast China) during the 50 years or so from the Sino-Japanese War in 1894-1895 to 1939.

A number of maps contained in the album clearly mark the 178 locations of "spiritual towers", "spiritual tablets', "memorial tablets" and "memorial halls", which were set up by the Japanese militarists to the memory of their 100,000 soldiers who were killed by Chinese people during the war.

The album also records Zhang Xueliang and some other Chinese figures which fought against the Japanese aggression. Zhang Yanbin, a retired worker from the Jilin Tonghua Iron and Steel Company, discovered the album among his family heirlooms.

Prof. Zhang Yibo, president of the "September 18 Incident" (1931) Research Institute, has thoroughly examined the album and confirmed its authenticity. He said the album is solid historical evidence of Japan's invasion of China.

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