Weihsien – a story of Chinese heroes


Dark times: A file photo showing the Weihsien camp during WWII. — China Daily/ANN

JINAN: A museum on the former site of a World War II concentration camp in east China has opened to visitors to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World War II.

The Weihsien concentration camp, located in Weifang city in Shandong province, was used by Japanese invaders from 1942 to 1945 to detain over 2,000 expatriates, including more than 300 children, from the United States, Britain, Canada and other countries. Weihsien is the former name of urban Weifang.

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