China marked the 80th of the Nanjing Masscare on Wedneday with Japan for Peace, but the President Xi has left the public remarks to other officials.
China have long sparred over their painful history. China reminds that in 1937 which says that Japanese killed 300,000 peoples.
Allied tribunal put the death toll in the eastern city of Nanjing. However these two countries have sought to get relation back on track. Fewer than 100 massacre survivors remain alive.
The massacre is one of the most tense anniversary for the two neighboring countries due to dispute over the number involved. According to China 300,000 civilians were killed by Japanese troops in six weeks frenzy of murder, rape, torture, and looting after the invading Japanese military entered the Nanjing, then the capital city on Dec 13, 1937.
Former member of China's top Communist leadership Yu Zhensheng Said:
"China and Japan should built on their long rich history of links to deepen the friendship".