Policemen carry wreaths during a Nanjing Massacre memorial rehearsal ahead of the 69th anniversary of the Japanese atrocity in Nanjing, east China's
Jiangsu Province December 12. A total of 300,000 Chinese were killed by Japanese militarists on December 13, 1937. Characters on the backdrop read: "Drawing lessons from the past."
Policemen carry wreaths during a Nanjing Massacre memorial rehearsal ahead of the 69th anniversary of the Japanese atrocity in Nanjing.
Flowers are placed in front of the list of victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
A man takes a snapshot by his mobile phone in front of the signboard reading "300,000 victims".
(China Daily December 13, 2006)