Agony in bronze

A sculptor with roots in Nanjing creates a statue series to commemorate victims of the 1937 massacre by Japanese soldiers, Deng Zhangyu reports.

To commemorate the Chinese victims of the Nanjing Massacre of 1937, Chinese artist Wu Weishan unveiled a series of sculptures at the Na tional Museum of China on Tuesday - four days ahead of the first national public memorial day for the massacre on Saturday.

A grandmother holding her grandson in her arms, a Buddhist monk closing the eyes of a dead person lying on the ground and a baby feeding on his dying mother's breast are among a series of sculptures titled To Flee. Twenty-one figures comprise the 10 bronze works.