The 12th national memorial day was observed in Nanjing on Saturday. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]
China held a solemn national memorial ceremony in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Saturday to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, which took place when Japanese invaders captured the then-Chinese capital on Dec 13, 1937.