Nanjing students are given textbooks on war

A textbook about the Nanjing Massacre is being distributed to primary and high school students in Nanjing to help young people understand what happened there during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

A version designed for the fifth grade has already been distributed, the government of Jiangsu province said. Two further editions, for the eighth and 11th grades, have been produced and will be distributed soon.

Students in the province's capital will study the book in the run-up to Dec 13, when the first national public memorial day for the massacre will be held.