The combo photo taken on May 26, 2017 shows Ma Tinglu listening radio at home(C top); Ma looking at his photo of the 71st anniversary of Nanjing Massacre with a magnifying glass (C bottom); Ma posing for a photo with his wife (L central); Ma looking at old photos with magnifying glass (L central); Ma walking along the Qinhuai River(L bottom); Ma passing by a Ming Dynasty city wall in Nanjing (R top); Ma talking with his friends in a park (R central); Ma and his younger brother Ma Tingbao, who is also a survivor of Nanjing Massacre, looking at photos on July 12, 2017. Ma Tinglu was born on March 4, 1934. He witnessed his father and many other people being bound with ropes and brought to a truck 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)
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