Torrential rain pummels China's Liaoning, Gansu

Heavy rain has battered urban areas in northeast China's Liaoning Province and northwest China's Gansu Province since Monday, leading to flooding and traffic disruptions.

Dalian City, a coastal city in Liaoning, experienced intense rainfall in the early hours of Tuesday, with maximum hourly precipitation reaching 73.7 millimeters. Short-term water accumulation was observed on several roads in the urban area, with depths reaching up to 40 centimeters in sections of the Pulandian District.

To ensure smooth traffic during the morning rush hour, urban management and traffic police departments quickly implemented drainage and traffic control measures.

Currently, rainfall in Dalian has ceased. Weather forecasts indicate that the city may still experience showers or thunderstorms from midnight Tuesday to Wednesday morning.

In Gansu, several areas, including the capital city of Lanzhou, have also experienced heavy rainfall since Monday, with some streets seeing water depths exceeding 30 centimeters.

Local authorities quickly deployed personnel to address the situation and used pumps for drainage operations.

The rainfall has now stopped, the water has mostly receded, and cleanup and disinfection efforts are nearing completion.

Torrential rain pummels China's Liaoning, Gansu

A new batch of historical records unveiling the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese army in the 1937 Nanjing Massacre was released at a ceremony held on Friday in a museum in east China's Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province.

The massacre following the Japanese troops' capture of Nanjing, the then Chinese capital, on Dec 13, 1937, left more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers dead.

Friday's ceremony in the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders was just held days before the 88th anniversary of the one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.

The released historical records include letters of Japanese soldiers, photos taken after the occupation of Nanjing by the invading Japanese army, archival records of military medics who died in the defense of Nanjing, and the English and French periodicals.

Analysts say the newly released historical records provide irrefutable evidence for restoring the truth of history and constitute a powerful rebuttal to the claims of the Japanese right-wing forces.

China releases new findings on Nanjing Massacre