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Chinese comfort women, testimonies from imperial Japan's sex slaves, Peipei Qiu, with Su Zhiliang and Chen Lifei

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-239) and index

contains biographical information

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Chinese comfort women

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Peipei Qiu, with Su Zhiliang and Chen Lifei

Oxford oral history series

testimonies from imperial Japan's sex slaves

From 1932 to 1945, the Japanese military forced hundreds of thousands of women across Asia into "comfort stations" where they were repeatedly raped and tortured. Japanese imperial forces claimed they recruited women to join these stations in order to prevent the mass rape of local women and the spread of venereal disease among soldiers. In reality, these women were kidnapped and coerced into sexual slavery. This volume features the personal narratives of twelve women who were kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery. These narratives, combined with the testimonies of witnesses, investigative reports, and local histories, help tell the full story of these women, from their lives before the war to their enslavement and postwar struggles. The first account of its kind in English, Chinese Comfort Women exposes the full extent of the injustices suffered by these women and the conditions that caused them

Japan's aggressive war and the military "comfort women" system -- The mass abduction of Chinese women -- Different types of military "comfort stations" in China -- Crimes fostered by the "comfort women" system -- Eastern coastal region -- Warzones in central and northern China -- Southern China frontlines -- Wounds that do not heal -- The redress movement -- Litigation on the part of Chinese survivors -- International support -- Epilogue