The combo photo taken on Sept. 29, 2017 shows Qiu Xiuying memorizing her experience (C top); Qiu sitting in her bedroom (C bottom); Qiu playing with her bird at home (L top); Qiu displaying her Nanjing Massacre certificate (L central); Qiu posing for a photo with his eldest Son Li Jincheng (1st L), younger son Li Jinshi (1st R) and grandson Li Chao (L bottom); Qiu walking around in the community, Sept. 29, 2017 (R top) and Qiu attending a commemoration activity in Nanjing Massacre memorial hall on Dec. 4, 2016. Qiu Xiuying was born on May 3, 1930. Her mother was shot to death and her brother was caught by Japanese soldiers when the invaders entered Nanjing. 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)
