Comfort women

In Hong Kong, AI is bringing conversations about wartime atrocities into the classroom

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In Hong Kong, AI is bringing conversations about wartime atrocities into the classroom

In a high school classroom in Hong Kong, a student asks a survivor of the Nanking massacre if she has ever thought about taking her own life. Dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, her white hair neatly combed, 95-year-old Xia Shuqing calmly answers. “I didn’t think about it. I just wanted to be brave and speak … Read more

Taiwan loses only ‘comfort women’ memorial as land sold at auction

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Taiwan loses only ‘comfort women’ memorial as land sold at auction

Taiwan’s only memorial to wartime “comfort women” has been removed after the land it stood on was sold at auction, according to Taiwanese media. The removal of the statue – which commemorated atrocities committed by the Japanese military during World War II – comes as the island’s leadership continues its drive to erase common historical … Read more