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Line 60: − − == Rape of Nanking == − − ''See also:'' [[Nanking massacre]] and [[Atheism and rape]] − [[File:Japan location.png|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Japan]] is one of the most atheistic countries in the world,<ref> − *[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)] − *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref> ]] − [[Japan]] is one of the most atheistic countries in the world,<ref> − *[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)] − *[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref> − − In the [[Nanking massacre]] (or Rape of Nanking) the Japanese military murdered 100,000 to 300,000 Chinese after conquering the city of [[Nanjing]] (then called ''Nanking'' in English, just as [[Beijing]] was called ''Peking''.) − − It was a [[war crime]] committed by the [[Japan]]ese military during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]. The Japanese army committed atrocities against the capital of Nationalist China, famously murder and rape. The death toll is disputed, but most estimates give a total of 100,000 to 300,000 soldiers and civilians killed.<ref>[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9054784/Nanking-Massacre Nanking Massacre]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnd.org/njmassacre/nj.html#NJM Basic Facts on the Nanjing Massacre and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial]</ref> − :In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst [[atrocity]] during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war.<ref name=genocide>[http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century]</ref> − − :In addition, the notorious [[Comfort Women]] system was introduced which forced young Chinese women to become [[slave]]-[[prostitute]]s, existing solely for the sexual pleasure of Japanese soldiers.<ref name=genocide/> − − − === Mass raping of Chinese woman by Japanese officers and soldiers === − − According to the History Place website: − {{Cquote|After the destruction of the POWs, the soldiers turned their attention to the women of Nanking and an outright animalistic hunt ensued. Old women over the age of 70 as well as little girls under the age of 8 were dragged off to be sexually abused. More than 20,000 females (with some estimates as high as 80,000) were gang-raped by Japanese soldiers, then stabbed to death with bayonets or shot so they could never bear witness. − − Pregnant women were not spared. In several instances, they were raped, then had their bellies slit open and the fetuses torn out. Sometimes, after storming into a house and encountering a whole family, the Japanese forced Chinese men to rape their own daughters, sons to rape their mothers, and brothers their sisters, while the rest of the family was made to watch.<ref>[http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm The Rape of Nanking], The History Place</ref>}}
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However, despite Chinese communists efforts to suppress [[religion]], [[Christianity]] is experiencing rapid growth in China (see: [[Growth of Christianity in China]]).
However, despite Chinese communists efforts to suppress [[religion]], [[Christianity]] is experiencing rapid growth in China (see: [[Growth of Christianity in China]]).
== Mass rape during the occupation of Germany by the Soviet army ==
== Mass rape during the occupation of Germany by the Soviet army ==