Public anger brings down memorial
By An Baijie and Tian Xuefei | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-08 07:53
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A memorial for Japanese citizens who emigrated to Northeast China from 1932 to 1945 during the Japanese occupation was torn down in Heilongjiang province, on Friday night. The memorial, demolished before the picture was taken, stood between the two tombstones. Provided to China Daily |
HARBIN - The government of Fangzheng county in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province has demolished a small memorial wall to Japanese immigrants, which it built last month, in an effort to appease public anger, local authorities confirmed on Sunday.
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