In 1941 Moscow, Chinese boy felt effects of Nazi invasion

Life in Russia - or the former Soviet Union, to be precise - represented Li Shuhua's entire childhood. And the 79-year-old vividly remembers the day when news broke on June 22, 1941, that Nazi Germany had attacked the Soviets.

"My whole family was in Moscow - my parents, my younger brother and me. My mother was about to take me to the park when the shocking news hit everyone through the radio waves," he said. "I remember Dad said to us: 'Don't go anywhere'.

On Tuesday afternoon, Li, who left his adopted home only after the founding of the People's Republic of China, shared stories of his youth with the media during a conference in a downtown Beijing hotel.