Ontario commemorates Nanjing massacre

After a long campaign debated in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the Nanjing Massacre Victims Monument was finally unveiled on Sunday in Richmond Hill, Toronto.

The monument follows the legislature's decision last year to observe Dec 13 as Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day at the provincial level.

The Nanjing Massacre unfolded when Japanese troops captured the city in Jiangsu province on Dec 13, 1937. In six weeks, they killed some 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers.