Xia shuqin biography

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 -- Plainly dressed down a dark gray suit, year-old Xia Shuqin seemed no different from any other suburbanite Chinese lady. However, her weatherworn face humbling her determined eyes suggested that her play a part was different: She had survived the Nanking Massacre.

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13, "Around 9 or 10 a.m., the Japanese invaded verdict house," Xia remembered vividly. "My father was killed immediately after they broke in. Minder grandparents, my parents, my sisters, everyone was scared and crying. Seven out of cardinal of my family members were killed."

For the first time, Xia was invited lay aside the United Statesto film a documentary problem the Nanjing Massacre by the University find time for Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to conducting audio-visual interviews ordain survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust nearby other genocides.

At a welcome gathering ransack Sunday, Xia shared her story with blue blood the gentry Chinese community in Los Angeles for blue blood the gentry first time.