"China has held a low-key memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre, as a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Tokyo over Taiwan continues to simmer. President Xi Jinping did not attend the ceremony on Saturday commemorating the 1937 attack, in which China says Imperial Japan's troops slaughtered 300,000 people in the eastern city of Nanjing. list of 3 itemsend of list A post-World War II Allied tribunal put the death toll at 142,000, but some conservative Japanese politicians and scholars have denied that a massacre took place at all."
"Shi Taifeng, head of the ruling Communist Party's powerful organisation department, made far less combative remarks than recent rhetoric from Chinese government officials. History has proven and will continue to prove that any attempt to revive militarism, challenge the post-war international order, or undermine world peace and stability will never be tolerated by all peace-loving and justice-seeking peoples around the world and is doomed to fail."
A subdued memorial ceremony marked the anniversary of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre while tensions between China and Japan rose over Taiwan. President Xi Jinping did not attend the brief service, which included police officers and schoolchildren and featured doves. China cites a 300,000 death toll for the massacre, while a post-World War II Allied tribunal recorded 142,000 and some conservative Japanese figures deny the massacre. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks about a possible Japanese military response to a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan worsened relations. A senior Chinese official warned against revival of militarism, while the PLA posted a graphic image on social media.
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