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Chinese lament ravaged cemetery of WWII heroes

By Xinhua in Kunming | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-16 08:49

No flowers, no monuments, not even gravestones were to be found at a cemetery of more than 400 Chinese airmen who fell in battle against Japanese invaders during World War II.

On Saturday, the Chinese magazine People posted an article on its micro blog revealing the dilapidated condition of the cemetery on the outskirts of Kunming, Yunnan province.

The article sparked online fury among netizens and has been forwarded some 21,000 times, drawing about 2,000 comments.

Chinese lament ravaged cemetery of WWII heroes

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