Survivor's son provides history lesson

The son of the only living survivor of the Meihua massacre has joined a group of experts to write The History of Meihua, the first chronicle of the town, to ensure that its cultural and wartime history is preserved as a memorial to the dead.

Li Yinzhong has kept all the records of the event collected by Fan Yuexiang, his mother, along with other material related to the massacre.

In April 2000, Li accompanied Fan when she took part in talks with Shiro Azuma, a Japanese veteran who traveled to Meihua to apologize for his part in the Japanese occupation.