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Japanese author, publisher ordered to compensate Nanjing Massacre victim for slander

The Tokyo District Court ruled on Friday that the Japanese author and the publisher of a book on the Nanjing Massacre to pay a total of 4 million yen (about 34,800 U.S. dollars) in compensation to Chinese woman Xia Shuqin for libel. ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sat, Nov 03 2007

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