葫芦岛百万日侨俘大遣返(英文版)[RepatriationofOneMillionJapaneseCiviliansandPowsfromHuludao]
内容简介
Sixty-nine years ago, 1.05 miLlion Japanese civilians and prisoners of war [POWs] were sent back to their homeland from northeast China's Huludao port despite they worked against China's national interests.Even now the deed still moves many Japanese, and many cross the sea to visit the historic port, the place of their rebirth.
Huludao Lies on the shores of Jinzhou Bay in the west of Liaoning Province. It faces the sea to its east, west and south, and gets its name from its unusual shape, which makes it Look Like a bottle gourd floating on the water [Huludao LiteralLy means "bottle gourd shaped island"]. In 1908, the Qing [1616-1911]government once planned to build a port there, but it was interrupted by the Revolution of igii. In 1930,Zhang Xueliang [1901-2002] signed a contract with the Port Construction Company of the Netherlands,authorizing its building. Unfortunately, construction was halted by the September18th Incident ofig31. After its occupation of the northeast of China, Japan intended to transport coal from Beipiao and Fuxin back to Japan by sea, so it restarted the construction of Huludao Port and supporting facilities from 1936, planning to finish it in five years. However, when No.i and No.2 docks were finished and No.3 dock half completed, the war ended. Such a shabby port, however, Later became the departure point of a million Japanese civilians and POWs after the World War Ⅱ.