Lisbon Maru rescue remembered amid Chinese New Year celebrations

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Lisbon Maru rescue remembered amid Chinese New Year celebrations

STORY: Lisbon Maru rescue remembered amid Chinese New Year celebrations SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 24, 2024 DATELINE: March 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of commemorative event for the Lisbon Maru rescue 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU BUWEI, Family member of one of the Chinese fishermen from Zhoushan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SIMON PENNY, Relative of Lisbon Maru POWs STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom (UK) has held a special reception in Gloucester for families of the Lisbon Maru survivors to commemorate the rescue in WWII and celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival and the Chinese New Year. In October 1942, "Lisbon Maru," a cargo vessel requisitioned by the Japanese army to carry more than 1,800 British prisoners of war (POWs) from Hong Kong to Japan, was hit by the U.S. army off the Zhoushan Islands in China's Zhejiang Province. Local fishermen risked their own lives and rescued over 300 POWs. In his remarks delivered at the reception in the c

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