Germ war victims receive treatment

For decades, Tu Maojiang has dreamed about wearing leather shoes. The 73-year-old from East China's Zhejiang province, was a victim of Japanese biological warfare during World War II.

His home in Xilongkou village, Quzhou, still has the fortifications that were laid by Chinese soldiers during the war. "My parents told me that the Japanese would raid our houses and take away the livestock," he said. "When they came we all rushed to hide. An old man who didn't was shot dead in his home."

Those who survived the raids may have escaped death, but their suffering would be long and drawn out. Tu and his father, uncles and three brothers soon showed signs of a severe bacterial infection, which caused their legs to rot and left them in constant pain.