Day to remember Nanjing advances

The Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in East China's Jiangsu province will coordinate with the Canadian province of Ontario and share historical exhibits in support of Ontario's proposed observation on Dec 13 of its first official commemorative day for the massacre victims.

On Thursday, Canada's Ontario provincial parliament passed a nonbinding motion to designate Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day to remember the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. A bill to make the designation official awaits a third reading in the legislature.

Around 300,000 Chinese were killed in a six-week rampage that began on Dec 13, 1937, after Japanese troops captured Nanjing, then the capital of China.