An estimated 300,000 unarmed Chinese soldiers and civilians were shot or bayoneted and an estimated 80,000 Chinese women in Nanjing were raped-at the rate of 1,000 rape cases a night – and many mutilated and killed. The invasion of Shanghai in August 1937 was followed by the Nanking (Nanjing) Massacre known as the “Rape of Nanking.” It was the beginning of a seven week reign of terror in which the conquering Japanese army went on a wild rampage looting, torturing, beheading, burying alive, burning, and gang- raping at will. Japanese Wartime Aggressors “Savage and Cruel” – Why and How, 2005) Desperate Chinese Woman –Nanking Atrocities Japanese Massacre_Chinese Woman Throughout its military campaign the Japanese army carried out an infamous “Three All” extermination policy “loot all, kill all, burn all.” The policy led to unspeakable atrocities wanton torture, biological warfare experimentation and live vivisections, and mass murder. Nanjing is a transportation hub for eastern China south of the Yangtze River.An estimated 20 million people died and millions more were subjugated and oppressed during Japan’s half-century of war and colonial expansion, which ended in 1945.Nanjing Lukou International Airport is one of the top 15 busiest in the country.Shopping Streets: Xinjiekou, Hunan Road, area around Confucius Temple.Industry: 50.7% tertiary industry (services, financial services), 46.5% secondary (electronics, petrochemicals, steel, automobile), 2.8% primary (agriculture).It is also the educational center for Jiangsu Province. Development: developed Nanjing is an inland port city and transportation hub.Summers are hot and humid, and the winters are cold and damp. Humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons annual precipitation: 1,062 mm (42 in). Annual average high temperature in July and August: 32 ☌ (89.6 ☏).Annual average low temperature in January: -1 ☌ (30.2 ☏).East to west distance of main urban area: 18.3 km (11.4 mi).North to south distance of main urban area: 17 km (10.5 mi).
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