Nanjing Massacre museum curator speaks at press conference

Zhu Chengshan (L), curator of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, speaks at a press conference on Oct. 10, 2015, at the hall in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, following UNESCO's listing of Chinese documents on the Nanjing Massacre under its Memory of the World Register. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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