The combo photo taken on Aug. 22, 2017 shows the portrait of Ma Shuqin (C top); Ma walking with a crutch (C bottom); Ma looking through the windows (L top); Ma playing with her dog (L central); Ma's adopted son bringing her to a walk (L bottom); Ma displaying her Nanjing Massacre survivor certificate (R top); Ma insisting on walking with a crutch by herself (R central); Ma and her adopted son Ma Li and daughter-in-law Du Zhen. Ma Shuqin was born on July 12, 1927. Her cousin was shot to death by Japanese when he tried to protect his wife. Ma hasn't been married for her whole life and adopted her younger sister's son as her son. The year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese invaders who occupied Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, marking the start of six weeks of destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter in the city. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and record their current lives. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing, Li Xiang and Ji Chunpeng)
