On December 13, 1937, the Japanese captured China’s capital Nanking, thus marking the inception of mass murder and rape that continues to haunt Sino-Japanese relations today.1 Nanking stood as China’s capital from the third to the sixth century but fell just five months into the war under the leadership of General Iwane Matsui.2 For Japan, this victory established their nation as a viable imperialist power and reinforced nationalist ideologies that fueled the nations’ wartime aggression. For China, however, Continue reading