Book documenting 'comfort women' released in Beijing
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Li Xiaofang, author of the book, talks about the 'comfort women' at the book's release in the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Beijing on Saturday, December 10, 2016. [Photo: The Beijing News]

A photo book documenting ninety 'comfort women' was released in Beijing on Saturday, reported the Beijing News.

'Comfort women' were women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army before and during the Second World War. Historians estimate that there were as many as 200,000 'comfort women' mostly coming from China and South Korea.

The book is the first of its kind to document 'comfort women' from more than one country, telling the stories of almost all the surviving Chinese victims that have been found, as well as some from South and North Korea.

The book reveals the inhumanity of the Japanese army and the miserable fate of the victims through over 500 photos and detailed stories of the women.

Stories of 20 survivors were published for the first time.

Among the 90 surviving 'comfort women' recorded in the book, only 30 are still living, 16 of them from China.

The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance will slowly post the stories of the 90 victims on its official WeChat account. There is also a special coverage of the album on its official website.

Li Xiaofang, author of the book, interviews a surviving 'comfort women' in south China's Hainan province. Photo undated [File photo provided to the Beijing News]

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