In pics: survivors of Nanjing Massacre (3)

Combo photo taken on Nov. 13, 2019 shows Fang Suxia, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, exercising in her residential area (L, top); Fang Suxia reading newspapers at home (L, central); Fang Suxia chatting with her husband Zhou Wenshu (L, bottom); the portrait of Fang Suxia (C, top); copy of a family photo of Fang Suxia (R, back), her sisters Fang Suzhen (front) and Fang Suying (C, bottom); Fang Suxia sitting at home (R, top); Fang Suxia posing for a photo with her husband and daughter (R, central); Fang Suxia taking a walk with her daughter in her residential area. Fang Suxia was born on Nov. 11, 1934. After witnessing the massacre in Nanjing, Fang Suxia's family escaped by boat by a fluke in spite of the shooting rampage. However, Fang caught a fever and got hearing-impaired, and her grandmother died of a heart attack triggered by fear. Fang Suxia's uncle Fang Qingyi got separated and lost touch with the family. Later the family went back home and found it robbed of everything they had. Fang Suxia got married in 1953 and has a son and a daughter. This year marks the 82nd anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese invaders who occupied Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, marking the start of six weeks of destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter in the city. By Dec. 12, 2019, the number of registered survivors of the massacre has decreased to 78. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and record their current lives. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing, Ji Chunpeng)